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EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7230 Steel

Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and EN 1.7230 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7230 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 230
220 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45 to 51
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 340
320 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 750
720 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 340
510 to 740

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 310
79 to 97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 300
700 to 1460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
26 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
23 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
21 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74.4
96.7 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 6.0 to 8.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants