EN 1.7216 Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7216 steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.7216 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 280 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 560 | |
| 420 to 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 930 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.4 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |