EN 1.5663 Steel vs. EN 1.6773 Steel
Both EN 1.5663 steel and EN 1.6773 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the quenched and tempered condition. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.5663 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6773 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 | |
| 560 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 120 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 450 |
| 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 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 9.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 26 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1150 | |
| 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 92 to 93.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 3.6 to 4.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |