EN 1.7711 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7711 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% 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 1.7711 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 280 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 520 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 570 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 930 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 800 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 33 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.0 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 54 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.9 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 140 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1690 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 33 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.9 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.5 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.45 to 0.85 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |