EN 1.7729 Steel vs. EN 1.8879 Steel
Both EN 1.7729 steel and EN 1.8879 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the quenched and tempered condition. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.7729 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8879 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 | |
| 460 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 46 | |
| 67 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 560 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 | |
| 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 750 | |
| 710 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 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 | 3.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
| 26 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 4.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1500 | |
| 1320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.8 to 97 | |
| 91.9 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |