EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7230 Steel
Both EN 1.4935 stainless steel and EN 1.7230 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4935 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7230 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 11 to 12 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 320 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 720 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 510 to 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 79 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 700 to 1460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 26 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 21 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0.3 to 0.37 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 96.7 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |