EN 1.7218 Steel vs. EN 1.3521 Steel
Both EN 1.7218 steel and EN 1.3521 steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7218 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3521 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 230 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1550 | |
| 490 to 1390 |
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 | 44 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 55 | |
| 17 to 49 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 46 | |
| 14 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0.14 to 0.19 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.2 to 98.1 | |
| 96.8 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |