S31277 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0487 Steel
Both S31277 stainless steel and EN 1.0487 steel are iron alloys. They have 43% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0487 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
27 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 | |
210 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
280 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
440 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
280 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
2.3 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.7 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 90 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
49 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 | |
200 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
15 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
16 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.024 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 to 0.16 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 1.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 35.5 to 46.2 | |
96.6 to 99.38 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 3.0 | |
0.6 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 6.5 to 8.0 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 26 to 28 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.012 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.4 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |