EN 1.6368 Steel vs. EN 1.1132 Steel
Both EN 1.6368 steel and EN 1.1132 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6368 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1132 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
110 to 140 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
12 to 24 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
180 to 280 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 430 | |
260 to 310 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 690 | |
370 to 490 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 490 | |
240 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
7.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
38 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 650 | |
160 to 430 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 24 | |
13 to 17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
15 to 18 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
12 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
0.13 to 0.17 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97.2 | |
98.6 to 99.57 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.015 to 0.045 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.025 |