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EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7720 Steel

Both EN 1.4821 stainless steel and EN 1.7720 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.4821 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7720 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 18
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
51

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
2.1
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 500
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
0.3 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 64.2 to 71.1
96.6 to 98.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.22 to 0.3