S31277 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3537 Steel
Both S31277 stainless steel and EN 1.3537 steel are iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3537 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
| 620 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 2.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 90 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 51 | |
| 2.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 18 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 35.5 to 46.2 | |
| 96.4 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 8.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 26 to 28 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |