EN 1.6570 Steel vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and EN 1.7703 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 40 to 48 | |
| 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 460 |
| 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 | 40 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1520 to 3010 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |