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EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7715 Steel

Both EN 1.4806 stainless steel and EN 1.7715 steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.7715 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
2.9
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
52

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 27
99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0.3 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 40.4 to 48.7
96.5 to 98.3
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 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.22 to 0.28