EN 1.7362 Steel vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7362 steel and EN 1.4006 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7362 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 22 | |
| 16 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 250 | |
| 150 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 360 | |
| 230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.9 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 99 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 340 | |
| 140 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 17 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.5 to 95.2 | |
| 83.1 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |