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EN 1.4961 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7703 Steel

Both EN 1.4961 stainless steel and EN 1.7703 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4961 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7703 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 39
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
320 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
74
Shear Strength, MPa 420
420 to 430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
670 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
460 to 500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
460
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
4.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
5.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
120 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
570 to 650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
19 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0.11 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
2.0 to 2.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 65.6 to 72.3
94.6 to 96.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 12 to 14
0 to 0.25
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0 to 0.070
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35