EN 1.7227 Steel vs. N08031 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7227 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 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7227 steel and the bottom bar is N08031 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 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 1850 | |
| 730 |
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 | 2.5 | |
| 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 | 51 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 65 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 43 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 54 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 98 | |
| 29 to 36.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 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 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |