EN 1.7767 Steel vs. AISI 321 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7767 steel and AISI 321 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.7767 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 321 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 170 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 34 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
| 420 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
| 590 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
| 220 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 480 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 64 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.4 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 190 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
| 130 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.8 to 95.8 | |
| 65.3 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |