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EN 1.7239 Steel vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7239 steel and EN 1.4418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 1.7239 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 1990
860 to 1000

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 44
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.4
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 71
31 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 45
26 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 59
31 to 36

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.56 to 0.64
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 1.0
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 96.8 to 98
73.2 to 80.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.060 to 0.15
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants