EN 1.8201 Steel vs. EN 1.6957 Steel
Both EN 1.8201 steel and EN 1.6957 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% 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 1.8201 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6957 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 | |
| 530 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
| 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 9.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 60 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 530 | |
| 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0.22 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.2 | |
| 92.7 to 94.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.4 to 4.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.0050 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |