EN 1.7216 Steel vs. EN 1.1151 Steel
Both EN 1.7216 steel and EN 1.1151 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7216 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1151 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 280 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 180 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 560 | |
| 300 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 930 | |
| 460 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 240 to 340 |
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 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 2.1 |
| 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 | |
| 98 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0.17 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.4 | |
| 97.7 to 99.43 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |