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EN 1.4592 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel

Both EN 1.4592 stainless steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4592 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7725 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
390 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
830 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500
610 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 43
2.8
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
110 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610
980 to 1940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
29 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
24 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0.27 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
1.3 to 1.7
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.4
95.7 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.5
0.3 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.050 to 0.15