EN 1.8888 Steel vs. EN 1.7366 Steel
Both EN 1.8888 steel and EN 1.7366 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8888 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7366 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 250 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 110 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 | |
| 460 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 720 | |
| 230 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 510 |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.3 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.7 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 26 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.0 | |
| 6.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 74 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1370 | |
| 140 to 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.9 to 100 | |
| 91.9 to 95.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.7 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |