EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7034 Steel
Both EN 1.4313 stainless steel and EN 1.7034 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7034 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 to 1000 | |
| 510 to 1780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 34 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 18 to 63 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 18 to 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 15 to 52 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.34 to 0.41 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.5 to 84.2 | |
| 97 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |