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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6771 Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.6771 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6771 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
280 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
8.0 to 8.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
440 to 680
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
20 to 32
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
930 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
740 to 1140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
8.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
9.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
58

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
2.5
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
75 to 93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
1460 to 3450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
33 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
27 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
27 to 35

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.27 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0.8 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
92.2 to 95
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.3 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
3.0 to 4.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants