EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7201 Steel
Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and EN 1.7201 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7201 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 900 | |
| 430 to 1300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 2.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.5 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
| 15 to 46 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 16 to 34 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 | |
| 13 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 26 to 29 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.9 to 63.7 | |
| 96.9 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |