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EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7720 Steel

Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and EN 1.7720 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7720 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1430
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
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
51

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
2.1
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.3 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 74.9
96.6 to 98.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.22 to 0.3