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EN 1.4150 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7729 Steel

Both EN 1.4150 stainless steel and EN 1.7729 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4150 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7729 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 20
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
500
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 460
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
3.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470
1500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27
27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.080
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0.45 to 0.6
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16.5
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 79 to 82.8
94.8 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.8
0.35 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 1.3 to 1.7
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.070 to 0.15
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.6 to 0.8