MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.1221 Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.1221 steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 EN 1.1221 steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 250
200 to 460
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 10 to 21
1.1 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 340
370 to 770
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 520
770 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 870
1180 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 550
500 to 1770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 67 to 130
17 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 410 to 800
640 to 4660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 31
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 26
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 28
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0.57 to 0.65
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
14 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 97.1 to 98.8
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
6.5 to 7.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants