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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7729 Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and EN 1.7729 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7729 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 650
500
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 22 to 50
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 590 to 830
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
3.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850 to 4400
1500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.080
Arsenic (As), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
94.8 to 97
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.35 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tin (Sn), % 0
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.070 to 0.15
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.6 to 0.8