EN 1.7710 Steel vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7710 steel and EN 1.4662 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7710 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4662 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 11 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 620 | |
| 430 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 930 to 1070 | |
| 810 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 800 to 1060 | |
| 580 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 41 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.5 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 57 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 4.5 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 100 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1680 to 2970 | |
| 840 to 940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 33 to 38 | |
| 29 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97 | |
| 62.6 to 70.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |