EN 1.7241 Steel vs. EN 1.7366 Steel
Both EN 1.7241 steel and EN 1.7366 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7241 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7366 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 480 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1990 | |
| 460 to 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 510 |
| 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 | 44 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 71 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 45 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 59 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.6 to 97.8 | |
| 91.9 to 95.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |