EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 Steel
Both EN 1.4913 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 5.7 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 480 | |
| 420 to 590 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 960 to 1350 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
| 760 to 1180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
| 71 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1860 | |
| 1510 to 3600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 34 to 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 28 to 35 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
| 32 to 45 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
| 73.6 to 79 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |