EN 1.6579 Steel vs. EN 1.7710 Steel
Both EN 1.6579 steel and EN 1.7710 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 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7710 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 290 | |
| 280 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 500 to 620 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 35 to 41 | |
| 30 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 to 980 | |
| 930 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 600 to 910 | |
| 800 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 41 |
| 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 | 3.7 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 4.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 120 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 950 to 2210 | |
| 1680 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 27 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0.12 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.2 to 96.1 | |
| 95.1 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |