EN 1.7230 Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7230 steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7230 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 270 | |
| 190 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 12 | |
| 14 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 460 | |
| 340 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 910 | |
| 760 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 740 | |
| 430 to 970 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 97 | |
| 150 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 to 1460 | |
| 470 to 2370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.37 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 98.3 | |
| 61.2 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 11.5 to 14.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |