Chromium 33 vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
Chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4740 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is chromium 33 and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 22 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 77 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.3 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 25.7 to 37.9 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |