EN 1.4530 +P1200 Steel vs. EN 1.4596 +P1400 Steel
Both EN 1.4530 +P1200 steel and EN 1.4596 +P1400 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the aged (precipitation hardened) condition. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4530 +P1200 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 +P1400 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 | |
| 10 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 700 | |
| 780 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 100 | |
| 57 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 830 | |
| 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 | |
| 1600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1230 | |
| 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3880 | |
| 5430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 | |
| 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 47 | |
| 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 74.4 to 77.3 | |
| 73.4 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.9 to 2.2 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 9.2 to 10.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.28 to 0.37 | |
| 0.28 to 0.4 |