EN 1.1221 Steel vs. AISI 440B Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1221 steel and AISI 440B stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.1221 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 440B stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 21 | |
3.0 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 340 | |
260 to 850 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 520 | |
460 to 1110 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 870 | |
740 to 1930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 550 | |
430 to 1860 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
870 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1480 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
23 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
2.5 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
9.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
2.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
31 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 67 to 130 | |
57 to 110 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 31 | |
27 to 70 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 26 | |
24 to 45 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
6.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 28 | |
27 to 70 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.57 to 0.65 | |
0.75 to 1.0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
16 to 18 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.8 | |
78.2 to 83.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.75 |
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 |