MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7390 Steel

Both EN 1.4303 stainless steel and EN 1.7390 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7390 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 49
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 320
310
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 98
46
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 540
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 560
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
510
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
4.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
69

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
6.8
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 230
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 800
600
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
4.0 to 6.0
Iron (Fe), % 64.8 to 72
91.9 to 95.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 11 to 13
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015