EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 1.7386 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 550 | |
| 340 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 900 | |
| 550 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 570 | |
| 240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 9.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 260 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 830 | |
| 150 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 78 | |
| 86.8 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |