EN 1.7386 Steel vs. EN 1.5662 Steel
Both EN 1.7386 steel and EN 1.5662 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.5662 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 200 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 290 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 91 to 130 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 410 | |
| 460 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 670 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 440 | |
| 550 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 8.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 9.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 63 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 110 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 490 | |
| 810 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.8 to 90.5 | |
| 88.6 to 91.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |