ASTM B685 Alloy vs. EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel
ASTM B685 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4710 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B685 alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 43 | |
| 74 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 180 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1230 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 300 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 5.0 | |
| 6.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.1 | |
| 7.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 7.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 39.5 to 40.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 87.4 to 92.3 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 59 to 60.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |