EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel vs. 60Cr-40Ni Alloy
EN 1.4729 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while 60Cr-40Ni alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 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 60Cr-40Ni alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.25 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 87 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 49 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 7.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 380 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
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 | |
| 58 to 62 |
| 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 | |
| 34.5 to 42 |
| 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 |