EN 1.5510 Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.5510 steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5510 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 190 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 340 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1600 | |
| 550 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 520 | |
| 240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 260 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 710 | |
| 150 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 57 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 39 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 47 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.149 | |
| 86.8 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |