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Grade FDC Steel vs. EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel

Both grade FDC steel and EN 1.3967 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade FDC steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1680
690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1070
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
66
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
20 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.12
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.4
50.3 to 57.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.2
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
15 to 17
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010