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EN 1.4537 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7376 Steel

Both EN 1.4537 stainless steel and EN 1.7376 steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4537 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7376 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 42
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
9.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
6.5
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.1
2.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 84
29
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 46
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
560
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.12 to 0.19
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 36.3 to 46.1
86.2 to 90.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.35 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.7
0.9 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
0 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0.17 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050