EN 1.6570 Steel vs. ASTM Grade HN Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and ASTM grade HN steel are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade HN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 9.0 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 22 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 44.9 to 57.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |