EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel
Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7233 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
210 to 290 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
18 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
270 to 530 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
450 to 590 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
700 to 960 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
380 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
430 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
39 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
7.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
3.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
1.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
21 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
3.3 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
110 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 800 | |
380 to 1630 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
25 to 34 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
22 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
11 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0.39 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
1.2 to 1.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
96.2 to 97.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0.4 to 0.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
0.5 to 0.7 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.035 |