EN 1.7703 Steel vs. EN 1.7216 Steel
Both EN 1.7703 steel and EN 1.7216 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7703 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 200 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
| 410 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
| 650 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
| 400 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.11 to 0.15 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.4 | |
| 97.2 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |