EN 1.7378 Steel vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7378 steel and EN 1.4527 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7378 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
140 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
170 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
67 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
480 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 490 | |
190 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
310 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1410 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
1360 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.0 | |
32 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
8.1 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
5.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
78 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
210 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.8 | |
29 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
150 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 630 | |
95 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
12 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0070 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 2.2 to 2.6 | |
19 to 22 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
3.0 to 4.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 96.1 | |
37.4 to 48.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
2.0 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
27.5 to 30.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
0 |