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EN 1.5502 Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel

Both EN 1.5502 steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7725 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
250 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 20
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 290
390 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 1380
830 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 440
610 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
440
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 52
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
54

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 210
110 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 520
980 to 1940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 49
29 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 35
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 40
24 to 29

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0.27 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
1.3 to 1.7
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.249
95.7 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.050 to 0.15

Comparable Variants