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EN 1.5508 Steel vs. EN 1.7710 Steel

Both EN 1.5508 steel and EN 1.7710 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% 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 1.5508 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7710 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
280 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 20
6.8 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 320
500 to 620
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420 to 1460
930 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 490
800 to 1060

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
57

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 44 to 230
73 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 640
1680 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 52
33 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
27 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 43
27 to 31

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0.12 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
1.3 to 1.8
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.199
95.1 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.0
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
0.15 to 0.25

Comparable Variants