AISI 202 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7230 Steel
Both AISI 202 stainless steel and EN 1.7230 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 202 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7230 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 300 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 320 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 980 | |
| 720 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 580 | |
| 510 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 79 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 840 | |
| 700 to 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 35 | |
| 26 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 29 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 21 | |
| 21 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.3 to 0.37 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.5 to 71.5 | |
| 96.7 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.5 to 10 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |