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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7362 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
21 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
140 to 250
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
38 to 46
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 550
320 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
510 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
200 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
510
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
4.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
69

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
6.9
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
90 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
100 to 340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
18 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
18 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
4.0 to 6.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
91.5 to 95.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050

Comparable Variants