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EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7201 Steel

Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and EN 1.7201 steel are iron alloys. They have 40% 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 1.4849 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7201 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
130 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
430 to 1300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 42
2.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
15 to 46
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
16 to 34
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
13 to 38

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 32.6 to 43.5
96.9 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 36 to 39
0
Niobium (Nb), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025