EN 1.1221 Steel vs. AISI 304 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1221 steel and AISI 304 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1221 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 250 | |
| 170 to 360 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 21 | |
| 8.0 to 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 340 | |
| 210 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 400 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 870 | |
| 580 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 550 | |
| 230 to 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 67 to 130 | |
| 86 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 to 800 | |
| 140 to 1870 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 31 | |
| 21 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 20 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.57 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.8 | |
| 66.5 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |