EN 1.7220 Steel vs. S44735 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7220 steel and S44735 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7220 steel and the bottom bar is S44735 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 290 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 45 to 53 | |
| 22 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 82 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1720 | |
| 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 21 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 61 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 41 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 50 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.37 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 98.1 | |
| 60.7 to 68.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 3.6 to 4.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |