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EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7378 Steel

Both EN 1.4935 stainless steel and EN 1.7378 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.7378 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 18
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350 to 400
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
74
Shear Strength, MPa 480 to 540
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 880
700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 570 to 670
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 740
460
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
4.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
5.8
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 830 to 1160
630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 31
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27 to 30
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0.0015 to 0.0070
Carbon (C), % 0.17 to 0.24
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
2.2 to 2.6
Iron (Fe), % 83 to 86.7
94.6 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.8
0.3 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.2
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 0.3 to 0.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Tungsten (W), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.35
0.2 to 0.3