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EN 1.4374 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7710 Steel

Both EN 1.4374 stainless steel and EN 1.7710 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.4374 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7710 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
280 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
6.8 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
500 to 620
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
930 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 400
800 to 1060

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
4.5
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
73 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 400
1680 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
33 to 38
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
27 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
27 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.1
0.12 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 18.5
1.3 to 1.8
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.4
0
Iron (Fe), % 63.5 to 67.9
95.1 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 9.0 to 10
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.8 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.32
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25