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EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7216 Steel

Both EN 1.4527 stainless steel and EN 1.7216 steel are iron alloys. They have 45% 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 1.4527 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
200 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
12 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
290 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
650 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
400 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 32
2.4
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
110 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95
430 to 1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
23 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
21 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
19 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.27 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 37.4 to 48.5
97.2 to 98.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.35 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 27.5 to 30.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035