EN 1.1170 Steel vs. EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1170 steel and EN 1.4021 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.1170 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 330 | |
| 240 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 450 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 730 | |
| 630 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 500 | |
| 390 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 100 | |
| 88 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 670 | |
| 400 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 22 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.32 | |
| 0.16 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 98.5 | |
| 83.2 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |