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EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7376 Steel

Both EN 1.4303 stainless steel and EN 1.7376 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 1.4303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7376 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 49
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 320
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 560
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
9.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
2.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
29
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 230
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 800
560
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.12 to 0.19
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
8.0 to 10
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 64.8 to 72
86.2 to 90.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.35 to 0.65
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.9 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 11 to 13
0 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050