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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7231 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
240 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
360 to 500
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
28 to 30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
790 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
570 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
87 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
870 to 1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
24 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.38 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
96.4 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030