EN 1.7383 Steel vs. EN 1.3551 Steel
Both EN 1.7383 steel and EN 1.3551 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7383 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3551 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 610 | |
| 720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 530 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 8.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 4.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 71 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 82 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.77 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.3 to 96.6 | |
| 88.8 to 91.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 4.0 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |