EN 1.6587 Steel vs. EN 1.3538 Steel
Both EN 1.6587 steel and EN 1.3538 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6587 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3538 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 220 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1420 | |
| 670 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.8 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 58 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 50 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 36 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 42 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.21 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.4 to 96.4 | |
| 96 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |