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EN 1.7117 Steel vs. EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7117 steel and EN 1.4401 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.7117 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 480
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 1930
600 to 900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 43
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.5
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 69
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 44
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 58
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.49 to 0.56
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 1.0
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.2 to 96.4
62.8 to 71.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 0.7
10 to 13
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 1.2 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants