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S31730 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7006 Steel

Both S31730 stainless steel and EN 1.7006 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% 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 S31730 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7006 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
160 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
530 to 1890

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
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 4.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 63
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 19
19 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
19 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
16 to 56

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.42 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 52.4 to 61
97.6 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035