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EN 1.7386 Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7386 steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 200
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 21
14 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 290
340 to 550
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 410
510 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550 to 670
760 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 440
430 to 970

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 88
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92 to 110
150 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150 to 490
470 to 2370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 24
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 22
24 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 8.0 to 10
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 86.8 to 90.5
61.2 to 69
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
11.5 to 14.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.3 to 3.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.25 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030