EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7378 Steel
Both EN 1.4905 stainless steel and EN 1.7378 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the normalized and tempered condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4905 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7378 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 | |
| 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 660 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.2 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 4.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 5.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 680 | |
| 630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.0015 to 0.0070 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.090 to 0.13 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 2.2 to 2.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.2 to 88.8 | |
| 94.6 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.3 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |