AISI 305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7711 Steel
Both AISI 305 stainless steel and EN 1.7711 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7711 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 220 | |
| 210 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 280 | |
| 290 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 470 | |
| 440 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 710 | |
| 690 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 2.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 210 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 320 | |
| 430 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 25 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.1 to 72.5 | |
| 96 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.5 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |