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EN 1.7321 (20MoCr4) Chromium-Molybdenum Steel

EN 1.7321 steel is an alloy steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. 1.7321 is the EN numeric designation for this material. 20MoCr4 is the EN chemical designation. It has a moderately high density and a moderately low electrical conductivity among EN wrought alloy steels.

The properties of EN 1.7321 steel include four common variations. This page shows summary ranges across all of them. For more specific values, follow the links immediately below. The graph bars on the material properties cards further below compare EN 1.7321 steel to: EN wrought alloy steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

F-P Annealed (+FP) 1.7321 Steel Hardened (+H) 1.7321 Steel

Spheroidized (+AC) 1.7321 Steel Spheroidized and Cold Drawn (+AC+C) 1.7321 Steel

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness

150 to 170

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

190 GPa 27 x 10⁶ psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.29

Shear Modulus

73 GPa 11 x 10⁶ psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

490 to 1460 MPa 71 to 210 x 10³ psi

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion

250 J/g

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical

410 °C 780 °F

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

1460 °C 2670 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

1420 °C 2590 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Conductivity

45 W/m-K 26 BTU/h-ft-°F

Thermal Expansion

13 µm/m-K

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume

7.2 % IACS

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)

8.3 % IACS

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price

2.5 % relative

Density

7.9 g/cm³ 490 lb/ft³

Embodied Carbon

1.5 kg CO₂/kg material

Embodied Energy

20 MJ/kg 8.7 x 10³ BTU/lb

Embodied Water

50 L/kg 5.9 gal/lb

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

13 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

24 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

17 to 52 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

18 to 36 points

Thermal Diffusivity

12 mm²/s

Thermal Shock Resistance

14 to 43 points

Alloy Composition

Among alloy steels, the composition of EN 1.7321 steel is notable for including copper (Cu). Copper is used to improve corrosion resistance, and to add at least some degree of precipitation hardenability.

Iron (Fe)Fe		97.1 to 98.4
Manganese (Mn)Mn		0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo)Mo		0.4 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr)Cr		0.3 to 0.6
Carbon (C)C		0.17 to 0.23
Silicon (Si)Si		0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu)Cu		0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P)P		0 to 0.025
Sulfur (S)S		0 to 0.025