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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6781 Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and EN 1.6781 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6781 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
680

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
3.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 820
1220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.15 to 0.19
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
1.3 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
92.6 to 94.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.55 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
3.0 to 3.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015