EN 1.7767 Steel vs. EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.7767 steel and EN 1.4021 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 1.7767 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 340 | |
| 240 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 430 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 690 | |
| 630 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 500 | |
| 390 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 480 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 64 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 6.4 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 88 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 650 | |
| 400 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 22 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
| 0.16 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.8 to 3.3 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.8 to 95.8 | |
| 83.2 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |