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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5701 Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and EN 1.5701 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% 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 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5701 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
130 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
430 to 1300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
15 to 46
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
16 to 34
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
13 to 38

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0.090 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0.4 to 0.7
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
97.2 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0.3 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0.5 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025