EN 1.6579 Steel vs. S31730 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6579 steel and S31730 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is S31730 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 290 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 to 980 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 600 to 910 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.7 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 63 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 30 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 120 | |
| 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 950 to 2210 | |
| 99 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.2 to 96.1 | |
| 52.4 to 61 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 15 to 16.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |