EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel vs. 50Cr-50Ni Alloy
EN 1.4729 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 50Cr-50Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4729 stainless steel and the bottom bar is 50Cr-50Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 5.7 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 84 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 350 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 48 to 52 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.4 to 86.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 44.5 to 52 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |