EN 1.7366 Steel vs. EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7366 steel and EN 1.4618 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4618 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 210 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 19 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 to 320 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 90 to 91 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 440 | |
| 480 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 460 to 710 | |
| 680 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 480 | |
| 250 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 510 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 69 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.8 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 74 to 110 | |
| 270 to 280 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 600 | |
| 160 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 25 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 23 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 91.9 to 95.3 | |
| 62.7 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 5.5 to 9.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.45 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |