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EN 1.7243 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7243 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7243 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 170
270 to 630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480 to 1390
680 to 2470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.5
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 49
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 35
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 41
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.21
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.9 to 1.2
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 96.8 to 98.2
65 to 76
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2

Comparable Variants