S31277 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0234 Steel
Both S31277 stainless steel and EN 1.0234 steel are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0234 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 170 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
| 260 to 300 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 350 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
| 220 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 90 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 36 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 | |
| 130 to 440 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 11 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.13 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.5 to 46.2 | |
| 99.02 to 99.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 26 to 28 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |