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EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7729 Steel

Both EN 1.4959 stainless steel and EN 1.7729 steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7729 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
500
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
3.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 96
1500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.25 to 0.65
0.015 to 0.080
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.1
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0.9 to 1.2
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 39.4 to 50.5
94.8 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.35 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
0 to 0.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.25 to 0.65
0.070 to 0.15
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.6 to 0.8