EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7710 Steel
Both EN 1.4571 stainless steel and EN 1.7710 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.4571 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7710 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 280 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 500 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 930 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 800 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 4.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 820 | |
| 1680 to 2970 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 27 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.12 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.7 to 71 | |
| 95.1 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |