EN 1.7239 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7239 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 1.7239 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 480 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| 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 | 660 to 1990 | |
| 780 to 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 71 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 45 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 59 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 98 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.060 to 0.15 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |