EN 1.5521 Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.5521 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 1.5521 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 130 to 180 | |
170 to 200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
18 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
170 to 290 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
75 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 360 | |
340 to 410 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 1390 | |
550 to 670 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 490 | |
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 | 8.1 | |
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 | 44 to 230 | |
92 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 630 | |
150 to 490 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 49 | |
20 to 24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 35 | |
19 to 22 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
6.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 41 | |
15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.2 | |
0.080 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
8.0 to 10 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.9 | |
86.8 to 90.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
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 |