SAE-AISI 1211 Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1211 steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1211 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 180 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 29 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 280 | |
| 330 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 580 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 470 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 61 to 110 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 550 | |
| 600 to 1190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 99.23 | |
| 95.6 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |