MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7231 Steel

Both EN 1.4415 stainless steel and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 20
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470 to 510
360 to 500
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 110
28 to 30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 930
790 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730 to 840
570 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 19
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.9
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 160
87 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1350 to 1790
870 to 1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 33
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 27
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.1
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 34
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.38 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 13.5
0.8 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 75.9 to 82.4
96.4 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.5
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.010
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
0