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EN 1.7725 Steel vs. AISI 405 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7725 steel and AISI 405 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 405 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250 to 300
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390 to 550
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 1000
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 610 to 860
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.8
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 130
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 980 to 1940
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 35
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 28
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24 to 29
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.34
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 1.3 to 1.7
11.5 to 14.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.7 to 97.5
82.5 to 88.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
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