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EN 1.7715 Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7715 steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7715 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
340
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 34
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 30
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 52
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.4
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 320
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0.3 to 0.6
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 96.5 to 98.3
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.22 to 0.28
0