EN 1.5662 Steel vs. EN 1.0303 Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and EN 1.0303 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0303 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 84 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 12 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 150 to 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 75 to 86 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 290 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 200 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 30 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 110 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 9.2 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 99.335 to 99.71 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |