EN 1.8151 Steel vs. EN 1.5023 Steel
Both EN 1.8151 steel and EN 1.5023 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8151 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5023 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 540 | |
| 170 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1940 | |
| 570 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 70 | |
| 21 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
| 20 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 17 to 56 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.5 | |
| 0.35 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 97.2 | |
| 96.9 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |