EN 1.7383 Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.7383 steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7383 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
170 to 200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 23 | |
18 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 270 | |
170 to 290 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
38 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
75 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 380 | |
340 to 410 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 610 | |
550 to 670 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 400 | |
240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
600 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
26 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
9.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
6.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
2.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
28 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
88 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
12 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
92 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 420 | |
150 to 490 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
20 to 24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 20 | |
19 to 22 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
6.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
0.080 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
8.0 to 10 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.3 to 96.6 | |
86.8 to 90.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
0.9 to 1.1 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.25 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.010 |