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EN 1.7779 Steel vs. EN 1.4818 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7779 steel and EN 1.4818 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 1.7779 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4818 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 500
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810
700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 660
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.7
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.9
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.0
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1150
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0.17 to 0.23
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.030 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.3
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 93.8 to 95.4
65.6 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
9.0 to 11
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.12 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.45 to 0.55
0