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EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7729 Steel

Both EN 1.4587 stainless steel and EN 1.7729 steel are iron alloys. They have 40% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4587 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7729 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
500
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 67
46
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.8
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
3.8
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.3
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 43
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
1500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.080
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 32.7 to 41.9
94.8 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.35 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 28 to 30
0 to 0.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.070 to 0.15
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.6 to 0.8