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EN 1.4910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7779 Steel

Both EN 1.4910 stainless steel and EN 1.7779 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7779 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 41
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
430
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 98
38
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 450
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
470
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
4.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
5.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
1150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Boron (B), % 0.0015 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
3.0 to 3.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 69.9
93.8 to 95.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.5 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 12 to 14
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.18
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.45 to 0.55