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EN 1.6771 Steel vs. EN 1.4621 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6771 steel and EN 1.4621 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.6771 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4621 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 8.7
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 440 to 680
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 930 to 1180
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 740 to 1140
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.0
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.2
3.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 5.0
14
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 58
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.5
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 75 to 93
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1460 to 3450
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 33 to 41
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27 to 31
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
5.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27 to 35
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.33
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.2
20 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 92.2 to 95
74.4 to 79.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants