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EN 1.4805 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7241 Steel

Both EN 1.4805 stainless steel and EN 1.7241 steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 1.4805 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7241 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
200 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
660 to 1990

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
420
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
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
23 to 71
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
21 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
19 to 59

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.5
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
0.7 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 44.9 to 56.8
96.6 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.25 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 27
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025