EN 1.8153 Steel vs. EN 1.7779 Steel
Both EN 1.8153 steel and EN 1.7779 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8153 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7779 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 570 | |
240 |
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 2040 | |
810 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
470 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
39 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
7.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
4.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
41 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
64 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 74 | |
29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 62 | |
23 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
0.17 to 0.23 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
3.0 to 3.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 96.9 | |
93.8 to 95.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
0.3 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 0.6 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
0.45 to 0.55 |