EN 1.7216 Steel vs. N08031 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7216 steel and N08031 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 35% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7216 steel and the bottom bar is N08031 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 23 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 560 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 930 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 690 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 7.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 96 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 130 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1280 | |
| 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 33 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 27 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.27 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.2 to 98.4 | |
| 29 to 36.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 6.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 32 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |