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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7707 Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.7707 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7707 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
500
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90 to 91
31
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 480 to 500
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
1010
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
460
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
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
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
3.3
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
58

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
3.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
1690
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.26 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
2.3 to 2.7
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
94.7 to 96.8
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
0 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.2