Cold Rolled EN 1.4371 vs. EN 1.4310 +C800 Steel
Both cold rolled EN 1.4371 and EN 1.4310 +C800 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is cold rolled EN 1.4371 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 +C800 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
| 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 880 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 310 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 300 | |
| 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.7 to 74.4 | |
| 66.4 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 6.0 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |