EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7711 Steel
Both EN 1.4107 stainless steel and EN 1.7711 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4107 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7711 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 350 | |
| 290 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 690 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 570 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 120 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 840 | |
| 430 to 1690 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 12.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.8 to 87.2 | |
| 96 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.45 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |