EN 1.7213 Steel vs. EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7213 steel and EN 1.3967 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7213 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3967 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 | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 1550 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1070 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 55 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 38 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 45 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 20 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 98.1 | |
| 50.3 to 57.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |