EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 300 to 420 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 5.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 960 to 1350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 760 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 1510 to 3600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 34 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 32 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 73.6 to 79 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |