EN 1.6771 Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel
Both EN 1.6771 steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6771 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7725 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 350 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 8.7 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 440 to 680 | |
| 390 to 550 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 20 to 32 | |
| 34 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1180 | |
| 830 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 740 to 1140 | |
| 610 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | 46 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.2 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 58 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 93 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1460 to 3450 | |
| 980 to 1940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 41 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 35 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.33 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.2 to 95 | |
| 95.7 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |