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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7725 Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and EN 1.7725 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.7725 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
250 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
390 to 550
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 110
34 to 35
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
830 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
610 to 860

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
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
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 49
2.8
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
110 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
980 to 1940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
29 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
24 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.27 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
1.3 to 1.7
Cobalt (Co), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 50.9 to 63.7
95.7 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0.3 to 0.5
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 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.050 to 0.15