EN 1.8151 Steel vs. EN 1.7241 Steel
Both EN 1.8151 steel and EN 1.7241 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8151 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7241 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 540 | |
200 to 480 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1940 | |
660 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
44 |
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 | |
2.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
51 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 70 | |
23 to 71 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
21 to 45 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
12 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
19 to 59 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.5 | |
0.56 to 0.64 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
0.7 to 1.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 97.2 | |
96.6 to 97.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0.7 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.25 to 0.35 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
0 |