EN 1.7703 Steel vs. EN 1.7336 Steel
Both EN 1.7703 steel and EN 1.7336 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7703 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7336 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 240 to 310 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 46 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
| 340 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.2 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
| 310 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.11 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.4 | |
| 95.6 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |