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EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1203 Steel

Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and EN 1.1203 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 32% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 1.4971 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1203 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
200 to 230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
12 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
210 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
72
Shear Strength, MPa 530
420 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
690 to 780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
340 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
2.1
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
69 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
310 to 610
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
22 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
22 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.16
0.52 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 22.5
0 to 0.4
Cobalt (Co), % 18.5 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 24.3 to 37.1
97.1 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Tungsten (W), % 2.0 to 3.0
0