MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.7701 Steel vs. S82012 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7701 steel and S82012 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7701 steel and the bottom bar is S82012 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 2010
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 44
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
35
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
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 59
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.48 to 0.56
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0.9 to 1.2
19 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 96.2 to 97.7
71.3 to 77.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.1
2.0 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
0.1 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.16 to 0.26
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.0050
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.2
0