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EN 1.7233 Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7233 steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7233 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 290
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 23
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270 to 530
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 450 to 590
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 960
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 780
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.0
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 53
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.3
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 200
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 1630
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 34
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 28
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 28
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.39 to 0.45
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 1.2 to 1.5
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 96.2 to 97.5
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015