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EN 1.7701 Steel vs. EN 1.4416 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7701 steel and EN 1.4416 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 51% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7701 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4416 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 480
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 2010
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 44
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
31
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
5.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
79
Embodied Water, L/kg 52
190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 71
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 59
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.48 to 0.56
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.9 to 1.2
19 to 21
Iron (Fe), % 96.2 to 97.7
45.2 to 52.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
4.5 to 5.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 26
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.12 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.2
0