EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 330 to 460 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 130 | |
| 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 470 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 600 to 1190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 95.6 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |