EN 1.7725 Steel vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
EN 1.7725 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7725 steel and the bottom bar is 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 87 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1000 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 610 to 860 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 980 to 1940 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 97.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |