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EN 1.4805 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6957 Steel

Both EN 1.4805 stainless steel and EN 1.6957 steel are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4805 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6957 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
2.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
29
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
2.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 37
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.5
0.22 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
1.2 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 44.9 to 56.8
92.7 to 94.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.25 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 27
3.4 to 4.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0070
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.050 to 0.15