EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 Steel
Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-1 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 5.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 860 to 950 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 11 to 22 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 960 to 1350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1570 to 1730 | |
| 760 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1500 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 210 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 34 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 32 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 15.5 to 17.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 72.3 to 78.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 3.6 to 4.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |