EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7077 Steel
Both EN 1.4710 stainless steel and EN 1.7077 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7077 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 260 | |
150 to 180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
73 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
420 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
45 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.4 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.5 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
2.3 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 76 | |
51 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
12 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
0.34 to 0.38 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
0.9 to 1.2 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 87.4 to 92.3 | |
96.8 to 98.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
0.7 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |