SAE-AISI 1212 Steel vs. EN 1.1170 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1212 steel and EN 1.1170 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1212 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1170 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 180 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 28 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 290 | |
| 220 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 620 | |
| 640 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 330 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 to 110 | |
| 91 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 560 | |
| 290 to 670 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0.25 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99.07 | |
| 96.7 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.16 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |