EN 1.6368 Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel
Both EN 1.6368 steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.7362 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
| 140 to 250 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 43 to 46 | |
| 38 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 430 | |
| 320 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 690 | |
| 510 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 490 | |
| 200 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 510 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 4.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 650 | |
| 100 to 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97.2 | |
| 91.5 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.015 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |