EN 1.1221 Steel vs. EN 1.7380 Steel
Both EN 1.1221 steel and EN 1.7380 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.7380 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 250 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 21 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 340 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 330 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 870 | |
| 540 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 550 | |
| 290 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 67 to 130 | |
| 87 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 to 800 | |
| 230 to 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 31 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 26 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.57 to 0.65 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.8 | |
| 94.6 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |