EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel
Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7362 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
150 to 180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
21 to 22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
140 to 250 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
74 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 550 | |
320 to 370 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 900 | |
510 to 600 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 570 | |
200 to 360 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
510 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
40 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
8.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
9.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
4.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
23 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
69 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
6.9 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 260 | |
90 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 830 | |
100 to 340 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
18 to 21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
18 to 20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
14 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
0.1 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
4.0 to 6.0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 78 | |
91.5 to 95.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0.45 to 0.65 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 9.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.012 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.0050 |