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EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. Grade VDCrV Steel

Both EN 1.4749 stainless steel and grade VDCrV steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade VDCrV steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
520
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
1730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
61
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
51

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0.62 to 0.72
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.060
Iron (Fe), % 68.5 to 73.7
97.8 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25