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EN 1.7701 Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7701 steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 1.7701 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 2010
1690 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 52
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 71
60 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
40 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 59
58 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Carbon (C), % 0.48 to 0.56
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0.9 to 1.2
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 96.2 to 97.7
71.5 to 75.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.1
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
1.8 to 2.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10.2 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.2
0

Comparable Variants