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EN 1.7725 Steel vs. EN 1.4877 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7725 steel and EN 1.4877 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 42% 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 EN 1.4877 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250 to 300
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14
36
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390 to 550
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 1000
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 610 to 860
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
37
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.8
28
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 130
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 980 to 1940
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 35
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 28
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24 to 29
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.025
Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.34
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 1.3 to 1.7
26 to 28
Iron (Fe), % 95.7 to 97.5
36.4 to 42.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0.050 to 0.15
0