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EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7106 Steel

Both EN 1.4460 stainless steel and EN 1.7106 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7106 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
200 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
660 to 2020

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
47

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
24 to 73
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 46
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
20 to 61

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.52 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
0.2 to 0.45
Iron (Fe), % 60.2 to 69.2
95.9 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.6 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025