EN 1.7366 Steel vs. AISI 305 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7366 steel and AISI 305 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.7366 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 305 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 140 to 210 | |
170 to 220 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 19 | |
34 to 45 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 320 | |
210 to 280 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
400 to 470 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 710 | |
580 to 710 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 480 | |
230 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
540 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
17 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.1 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.3 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
16 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
3.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
45 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.8 | |
18 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 110 | |
200 to 210 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 600 | |
130 to 320 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 25 | |
20 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 23 | |
20 to 23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
4.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
0 to 0.12 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
17 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 91.9 to 95.3 | |
65.1 to 72.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
10.5 to 13 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |