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EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7715 Steel

Both EN 1.4578 stainless steel and EN 1.7715 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4578 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7715 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
240
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
34
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 400
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
52

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 17.5
0.3 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 3.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.3 to 68.5
96.5 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 11
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.22 to 0.28