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EN 1.4318 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7077 Steel

Both EN 1.4318 stainless steel and EN 1.7077 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4318 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7077 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
490 to 1750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
420
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
45
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 13
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
17 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
14 to 51

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.34 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 70.2 to 77.4
96.8 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025