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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7221 Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and EN 1.7221 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7221 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
200 to 230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
290 to 390
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 110
20 to 38
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
650 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
430 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
83 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
490 to 1050
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
23 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
21 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
19 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.22 to 0.29
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0.8 to 1.2
Cobalt (Co), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 50.9 to 63.7
96.8 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 9.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030