EN 1.6771 Steel vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
Both EN 1.6771 steel and EN 1.7703 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.6771 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 350 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 8.7 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 440 to 680 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 20 to 32 | |
| 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1180 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 1140 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.2 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 58 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 93 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1460 to 3450 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 41 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.33 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.2 to 95 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |