EN 1.6554 Steel vs. EN 1.7221 Steel
Both EN 1.6554 steel and EN 1.7221 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7221 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 280 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 290 to 390 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 30 to 45 | |
| 20 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 650 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 430 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 83 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1650 | |
| 490 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 19 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0.22 to 0.29 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 97.3 | |
| 96.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |