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EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel

Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7725 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
250 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
390 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
830 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
610 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
2.8
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
110 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
980 to 1940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
29 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
24 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.27 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
1.3 to 1.7
Iron (Fe), % 65.2 to 74
95.7 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.050 to 0.15

Comparable Variants