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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7336 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.7336 steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7336 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
240 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
340 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
3.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
53

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
3.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
110 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
310 to 510
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.17
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
1.0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
95.6 to 97.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.45 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0.5 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050