EN 1.7725 Steel vs. AISI 202 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7725 steel and AISI 202 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7725 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 202 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 250 to 300 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 550 | |
| 290 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1000 | |
| 700 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 610 to 860 | |
| 310 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.8 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 980 to 1940 | |
| 250 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 35 | |
| 25 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 29 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 97.5 | |
| 63.5 to 71.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 7.5 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |