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EN 1.4116 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7027 Steel

Both EN 1.4116 stainless steel and EN 1.7027 steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4116 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7027 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
490 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 800
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.7
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.1
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.0
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
17 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
18 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
14 to 43

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.45 to 0.55
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 15
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 81.3 to 85
97.1 to 98.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.2
0