EN 1.7216 Steel vs. EN 1.1181 Steel
Both EN 1.7216 steel and EN 1.1181 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7216 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1181 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 280 | |
| 160 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 190 to 260 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 560 | |
| 350 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 930 | |
| 560 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 280 to 380 |
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 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 8.3 |
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 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 210 to 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 19 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.4 | |
| 97.4 to 99.18 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| 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 |