EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7380 Steel
Both EN 1.4571 stainless steel and EN 1.7380 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4571 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7380 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 330 to 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 540 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 290 to 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 3.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 87 to 98 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 820 | |
| 230 to 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.14 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.7 to 71 | |
| 94.6 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |