EN 1.7715 Steel vs. EN 1.4107 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7715 steel and EN 1.4107 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7715 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4107 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 260 to 350 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 34 | |
| 45 to 50 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 | |
| 400 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.9 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 52 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 420 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 98.3 | |
| 83.8 to 87.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.22 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |