EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7233 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 270 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 450 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 700 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 380 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 3.3 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 110 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 380 to 1630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 25 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 22 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 21 to 28 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.39 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 96.2 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.7 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |