EN 1.1203 Steel vs. EN 1.5113 Steel
Both EN 1.1203 steel and EN 1.5113 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1203 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5113 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 230 | |
| 170 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 15 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 220 to 470 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 480 | |
| 360 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 780 | |
| 580 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 320 to 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 91 to 96 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 610 | |
| 270 to 1570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 17 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.52 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.9 | |
| 97 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| 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 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |