EN 1.8912 Steel vs. EN 1.1191 Steel
Both EN 1.8912 steel and EN 1.1191 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8912 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1191 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 | |
| 210 to 290 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 58 | |
| 16 to 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 | |
| 630 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 310 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 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 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 83 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 | |
| 260 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.22 | |
| 0.42 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95 to 99.05 | |
| 97.3 to 99.08 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.85 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.027 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.22 | |
| 0 |