EN 1.7244 Steel vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7244 steel and EN 1.4527 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 45% 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 1.7244 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 180 | |
| 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 1390 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.5 | |
| 32 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 78 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 210 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 49 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 35 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 41 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.21 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.8 to 98.2 | |
| 37.4 to 48.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 27.5 to 30.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |