EN 1.7729 Steel vs. EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7729 steel and EN 1.4310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.7729 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
200 to 270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
14 to 45 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 | |
240 to 330 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 560 | |
510 to 550 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 | |
730 to 900 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 750 | |
260 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
18 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.6 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.8 | |
14 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 49 | |
42 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 4.4 | |
20 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
110 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1500 | |
170 to 830 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
26 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
23 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 | |
15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
0.050 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
16 to 19 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.8 to 97 | |
66.4 to 78 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.75 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
6.0 to 9.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.6 to 0.8 | |
0 |