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EN 1.7386 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7386 steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 200
280 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 21
3.4 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 290
570 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
75
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 410
790 to 1090
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550 to 670
1370 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 440
1240 to 1700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 88
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92 to 110
45 to 190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 24
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 22
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 8.0 to 10
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 86.8 to 90.5
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.25 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.8 to 1.4

Comparable Variants