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EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel

Both EN 1.3975 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.7386 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
170 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
18 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
170 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
550 to 670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
240 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 340
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1320
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
92 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
150 to 490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
20 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
19 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 58.2 to 65.4
86.8 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 1.0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 9.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.080 to 0.18
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 3.5 to 4.5
0.25 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010