EN 1.7366 Steel vs. EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7366 steel and EN 1.4307 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7366 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 210 | |
| 180 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 19 | |
| 14 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 91 to 94 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 710 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 480 | |
| 200 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
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 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.8 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 110 | |
| 110 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 600 | |
| 100 to 810 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.9 to 95.3 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |