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EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel

Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 EN 1.7362 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 34
21 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 550
140 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
320 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 1130
510 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 970
200 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
510
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
4.5
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
69

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
6.9
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 220
90 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470 to 2370
100 to 340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
18 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
18 to 20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
4.0 to 6.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 61.2 to 69
91.5 to 95.2
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.45 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 2.3 to 3.7
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050