EN 1.1127 Steel vs. EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1127 steel and EN 1.4729 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1127 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4729 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 230 | |
| 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 25 | |
| 15 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 6.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.34 to 0.42 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.6 to 98.1 | |
| 80.4 to 86.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |