EN 1.6553 Steel vs. EN 1.5410 Steel
Both EN 1.6553 steel and EN 1.5410 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6553 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5410 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 240 | |
| 170 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 21 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 460 | |
| 290 to 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 30 | |
| 67 to 68 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 560 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 670 | |
| 400 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 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 | 39 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.7 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1190 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.6 to 98.2 | |
| 96.9 to 98.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |