EN 1.1127 Steel vs. EN 1.7221 Steel
Both EN 1.1127 steel and EN 1.7221 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1127 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7221 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 230 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 25 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 290 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 790 | |
| 650 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 to 580 | |
| 430 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 140 | |
| 83 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 440 to 880 | |
| 490 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 19 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.34 to 0.42 | |
| 0.22 to 0.29 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.6 to 98.1 | |
| 96.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |