EN 1.1221 Steel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Both EN 1.1221 steel and EN 1.6570 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 EN 1.6570 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 210 to 250 | |
270 to 340 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 21 | |
11 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 340 | |
500 to 660 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 870 | |
910 to 1130 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 550 | |
760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
440 |
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 | |
40 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
7.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
3.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
23 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
56 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 67 to 130 | |
120 to 140 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 to 800 | |
1520 to 3010 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 31 | |
32 to 40 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 26 | |
27 to 31 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 28 | |
27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.57 to 0.65 | |
0.28 to 0.35 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
1.0 to 1.4 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.8 | |
94 to 96.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0.6 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.3 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
1.6 to 2.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.015 |