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EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel

Both EN 1.4806 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4806 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7233 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
210 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8
18 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
270 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
700 to 960
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
380 to 780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
3.0
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
53

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
3.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 27
110 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
380 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
25 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
21 to 28

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.39 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 40.4 to 48.7
96.2 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 34 to 36
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035