EN 1.7362 Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.7362 steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7362 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 to 46 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 340 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 550 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 360 | |
| 240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.4 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.9 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 340 | |
| 150 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.5 to 95.2 | |
| 86.8 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |