EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7216 Steel
Both EN 1.4024 stainless steel and EN 1.7216 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4024 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 22 | |
| 12 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 460 | |
| 410 to 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 750 | |
| 650 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 510 | |
| 400 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 110 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 660 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 23 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.17 | |
| 0.27 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.8 to 87.9 | |
| 97.2 to 98.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |