EN 1.7703 Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel
Both EN 1.7703 steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.7725 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 390 to 550 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 46 | |
| 34 to 35 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
| 830 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
| 610 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
| 980 to 1940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 29 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 24 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.11 to 0.15 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.4 | |
| 95.7 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| 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 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |