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EN 1.7106 Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7106 steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7106 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 500
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 2020
610 to 900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 73
22 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 46
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 61
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.52 to 0.6
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0.2 to 0.45
17.5 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.9 to 97
66.8 to 74.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 1.6 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants