EN 1.7703 Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1541 Steel
Both EN 1.7703 steel and SAE-AISI 1541 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7703 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1541 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 260 to 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
| 440 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
| 720 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
| 390 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 78 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
| 410 to 1250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.11 to 0.15 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.4 | |
| 97.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| 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 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |