EN 1.7703 Steel vs. EN 1.7366 Steel
Both EN 1.7703 steel and EN 1.7366 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% 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 1.7366 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
140 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
17 to 19 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
160 to 320 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 46 | |
38 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
74 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
290 to 440 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
460 to 710 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
230 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
510 |
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 | |
8.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.2 | |
4.3 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
23 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
69 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
6.8 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
74 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
140 to 600 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
16 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
17 to 23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.11 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.18 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.4 | |
91.9 to 95.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0.3 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
0.45 to 0.65 |
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 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
0 |