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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI M7 Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and SAE-AISI M7 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 SAE-AISI M7 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
760 to 2210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1560
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1510
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
450
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
28
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
18
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
8.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
35
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
26 to 76
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
23 to 47
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
7.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
24 to 69

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
1.0 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
3.5 to 4.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
79.8 to 83.8
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
8.2 to 9.2
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.4 to 2.1
Vanadium (V), % 0
1.8 to 2.3