EN 1.5024 Steel vs. EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5024 steel and EN 1.4710 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5024 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 470 | |
| 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 6.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 7.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 24 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 76 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.6 | |
| 87.4 to 92.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |