EN 1.6771 Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 Steel
Both EN 1.6771 steel and ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.6771 steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 350 | |
| 300 to 420 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 8.7 | |
| 5.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 440 to 680 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1180 | |
| 960 to 1350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 1140 | |
| 760 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.2 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 58 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 93 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1460 to 3450 | |
| 1510 to 3600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 41 | |
| 34 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 32 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.2 to 95 | |
| 73.6 to 79 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |