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EN 1.7725 Steel vs. EN 1.4597 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7725 steel and EN 1.4597 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7725 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4597 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250 to 300
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390 to 550
300
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 34 to 35
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 1000
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 610 to 860
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
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
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.8
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 130
250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 980 to 1940
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 35
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 28
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24 to 29
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.34
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 1.3 to 1.7
15 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.7 to 97.5
63 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
6.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.050 to 0.15
0