EN 1.7383 Steel vs. EN 1.4922 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7383 steel and EN 1.4922 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7383 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4922 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 23 | |
| 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 270 | |
| 330 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 380 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 610 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 400 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 460 | |
| 720 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.6 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 420 | |
| 770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 10 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.3 to 96.6 | |
| 83.5 to 88.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 0.3 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |