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EN 1.7779 Steel vs. EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7779 steel and EN 1.4310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.7779 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
200 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
14 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
240 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 500
510 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810
730 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 660
260 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.7
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.0
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
110 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1150
170 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
26 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
23 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0.17 to 0.23
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.3
16 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 93.8 to 95.4
66.4 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.6
0 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
6.0 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.45 to 0.55
0