EN 1.7117 Steel vs. N08535 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7117 steel and N08535 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 1.7117 steel and the bottom bar is N08535 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 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1930 | |
| 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 1.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 36 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 58 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.49 to 0.56 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.2 to 96.4 | |
| 29.4 to 44.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 29 to 36.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |