EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7383 Steel
Both EN 1.4021 stainless steel and EN 1.7383 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 EN 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7383 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
| 210 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 350 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
| 560 to 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
| 300 to 400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
| 240 to 420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
| 94.3 to 96.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |