EN 1.1221 Steel vs. EN 1.0434 Steel
Both EN 1.1221 steel and EN 1.0434 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1221 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0434 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 210 to 250 | |
110 to 160 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 21 | |
12 to 28 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 340 | |
190 to 300 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 520 | |
280 to 330 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 870 | |
390 to 540 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 550 | |
250 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
400 |
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 | 48 | |
52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
7.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 67 to 130 | |
39 to 140 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 to 800 | |
170 to 540 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 31 | |
14 to 19 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 26 | |
15 to 19 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 28 | |
12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.060 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.57 to 0.65 | |
0.15 to 0.19 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.8 | |
98.8 to 99.18 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0.65 to 0.85 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.025 |