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EN 1.5701 Steel vs. EN 1.4877 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5701 steel and EN 1.4877 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5701 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4877 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 160
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430 to 1300
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4
37
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
220

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 46
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 34
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 38
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.025
Carbon (C), % 0.090 to 0.15
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.7
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.2 to 98.7
36.4 to 42.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 0.8
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010