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EN 1.6932 Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6932 steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.6932 steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
200 to 460
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14
1.1 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
370 to 770
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540
770 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
1180 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 720
500 to 1770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.7
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
17 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1370
640 to 4660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0.24 to 0.32
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.5
14 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 94.5 to 96.4
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.35 to 0.55
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.8 to 2.1
6.5 to 7.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.050 to 0.15
0