EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3975 stainless steel and EN 1.4307 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 180 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 200 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 110 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 100 to 810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58.2 to 65.4 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |