EN 1.7243 Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7243 steel and S44700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 1.7243 steel and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 170 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 82 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 1390 | |
| 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 49 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 41 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.21 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 98.2 | |
| 64.9 to 68.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 3.5 to 4.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |