EN 1.6580 Steel vs. EN 1.1170 Steel
Both EN 1.6580 steel and EN 1.1170 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6580 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1170 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 350 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 220 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 640 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 330 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 91 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 290 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0.25 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 96.7 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |