EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7767 Steel
Both EN 1.4594 stainless steel and EN 1.7767 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% 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 1.4594 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7767 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 490 to 620 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 620 to 700 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 to 1170 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 810 to 1140 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 480 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 4.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 64 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 6.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1660 to 3320 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 41 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 39 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 79.5 | |
| 93.8 to 95.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |