EN 1.8872 Steel vs. EN 1.8838 Steel
Both EN 1.8872 steel and EN 1.8838 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8872 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8838 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 | |
| 290 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 90 | |
| 58 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | 39 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.8 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 530 | |
| 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.054 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 100 | |
| 95 to 99.985 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.85 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.027 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.65 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.14 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |