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EN 1.4311 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7383 Steel

Both EN 1.4311 stainless steel and EN 1.7383 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4311 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7383 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
170 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 43
20 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
210 to 270
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 93
38
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 450
350 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
560 to 610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
300 to 400

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
460
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
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
3.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
5.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
240 to 420
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
20 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
2.0 to 2.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 65.7 to 73.9
94.3 to 96.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 11.5
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010