EN 1.7386 Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel
Both EN 1.7386 steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7362 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 200 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 290 | |
| 140 to 250 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 38 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 410 | |
| 320 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 to 670 | |
| 510 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 440 | |
| 200 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 600 | |
| 510 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.5 | |
| 4.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 12 | |
| 6.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 110 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 490 | |
| 100 to 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.8 to 90.5 | |
| 91.5 to 95.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |