EN 1.6587 Steel vs. S31277 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6587 steel and S31277 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6587 steel and the bottom bar is S31277 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 1420 | |
| 860 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.8 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 6.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 90 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 58 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.6 | |
| 51 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 50 | |
| 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 36 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 42 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.21 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 20.5 to 23 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.5 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.4 to 96.4 | |
| 35.5 to 46.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 3.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 6.5 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |