EN 1.7108 Steel vs. EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7108 steel and EN 1.4104 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7108 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 2070 | |
| 630 to 750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 8.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 75 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 47 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 63 | |
| 22 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.57 to 0.65 | |
| 0.1 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 96.9 | |
| 78.8 to 84.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.6 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |