EN 1.7710 Steel vs. EN 1.7221 Steel
Both EN 1.7710 steel and EN 1.7221 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 1.7710 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7221 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 320 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 620 | |
| 290 to 390 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 30 | |
| 20 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1070 | |
| 650 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 800 to 1060 | |
| 430 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 57 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 100 | |
| 83 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1680 to 2970 | |
| 490 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 38 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 19 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.18 | |
| 0.22 to 0.29 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97 | |
| 96.8 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |