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EN 1.4845 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7117 Steel

Both EN 1.4845 stainless steel and EN 1.7117 steel are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4845 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7117 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
200 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
660 to 1930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
24 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
20 to 58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.49 to 0.56
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0.7 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 48.2 to 57
95.2 to 96.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0.5 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
1.2 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025