EN 1.7216 Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7216 steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.7216 steel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 280 | |
| 290 to 480 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 560 | |
| 610 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 930 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 1090 to 5490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 12.3 to 13.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.4 | |
| 73.6 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |