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EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6220 Steel

Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and EN 1.6220 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.6220 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
23 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
240 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
550 to 580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
340

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
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

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
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
110 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
300 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
19 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
19 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
16 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.16
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 22.5
0
Cobalt (Co), % 18.5 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 24.3 to 37.1
96.7 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.0 to 1.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0 to 0.8
Niobium (Nb), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 2.0 to 3.0
0