EN 1.6570 Steel vs. EN 1.6580 Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and EN 1.6580 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 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6580 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 220 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 11 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 310 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 720 to 1170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 460 to 990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 450 |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 3.3 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 560 to 2590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 26 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 21 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0.26 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |