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EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7380 Steel

Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and EN 1.7380 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7380 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 230
160 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45 to 51
19 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 340
200 to 230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 520 to 540
330 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 750
540 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 340
290 to 330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
460
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
3.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
5.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 310
87 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 300
230 to 280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
19 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
15 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
2.0 to 2.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74.4
94.6 to 96.6
Manganese (Mn), % 6.0 to 8.0
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010