EN 1.7386 Steel vs. EN 1.0434 Steel
Both EN 1.7386 steel and EN 1.0434 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0434 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 200 | |
| 110 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 12 to 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 290 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 410 | |
| 280 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 670 | |
| 390 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 440 | |
| 250 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 110 | |
| 39 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 490 | |
| 170 to 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 15 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.15 to 0.19 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.8 to 90.5 | |
| 98.8 to 99.18 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.65 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |