EN 1.4034 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel
Both EN 1.4034 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 EN 1.4034 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7233 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
18 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 400 | |
270 to 530 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 540 | |
450 to 590 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 900 | |
700 to 960 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 730 | |
380 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
430 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1420 |
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 | 3.1 | |
7.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.7 | |
8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
3.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
1.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
21 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
3.3 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 94 | |
110 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1370 | |
380 to 1630 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 32 | |
25 to 34 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
22 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.43 to 0.5 | |
0.39 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
1.2 to 1.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 87.1 | |
96.2 to 97.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.4 to 0.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 0.7 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.035 |