EN 1.1170 Steel vs. EN 1.5521 Steel
Both EN 1.1170 steel and EN 1.5521 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1170 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5521 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 11 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 450 | |
| 310 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 730 | |
| 430 to 1390 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 500 | |
| 300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | 50 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 100 | |
| 44 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 670 | |
| 250 to 630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 15 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 16 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 13 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.32 | |
| 0.16 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 98.5 | |
| 98 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |