EN 1.6570 Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 330 to 460 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 40 to 48 | |
| 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 470 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 600 to 1190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 95.6 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |