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S31727 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5408 Steel

Both S31727 stainless steel and EN 1.5408 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5408 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
140 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 56
64 to 69
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
460 to 1620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
2.0
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
16 to 57
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
17 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
13 to 48

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.28 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 4.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 53.7 to 61.3
97.7 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.8 to 4.5
0.080 to 0.12
Nickel (Ni), % 14.5 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025