EN 1.8866 Steel vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
Both EN 1.8866 steel and EN 1.0456 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8866 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
120 to 130 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
24 to 26 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
210 to 220 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 67 | |
38 to 45 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
270 to 280 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
420 to 450 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
48 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
2.2 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
49 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
93 to 99 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 | |
220 to 230 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
15 to 16 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
16 to 17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.060 |
Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.3 to 100 | |
96.7 to 99.48 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0.5 to 1.4 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |