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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7720 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.7720 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.7720 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
230
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

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1430
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
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
51

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.1
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
300
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
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0.3 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
96.6 to 98.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.4 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.22 to 0.3