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EN 1.7106 Steel vs. N08700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7106 steel and N08700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7106 steel and the bottom bar is N08700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 500
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 2020
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
32
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
82
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
200

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 73
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 46
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 61
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.52 to 0.6
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0.2 to 0.45
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.9 to 97
42 to 52.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.3 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 26
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.6 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030