EN 1.7216 Steel vs. ASTM A299 Steel
Both EN 1.7216 steel and ASTM A299 steel are iron alloys.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7216 steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A299 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 280 | |
180 to 190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
21 to 22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
230 to 250 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 560 | |
370 to 390 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 930 | |
590 to 620 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
330 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
400 |
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 | 46 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
7.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
290 to 350 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
21 to 22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 27 | |
20 to 21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 27 | |
17 to 18 |