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EN 1.6570 Steel vs. EN 1.7720 Steel

Both EN 1.6570 steel and EN 1.7720 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7720 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270 to 340
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 500 to 660
230
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 40 to 48
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 910 to 1130
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760 to 1060
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
410
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.7
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.8
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.9
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
51

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.5
2.1
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 140
97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1520 to 3010
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 40
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 31
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27 to 33
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.28 to 0.35
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.4
0.3 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 94 to 96.2
96.6 to 98.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 1.6 to 2.1
0 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.22 to 0.3