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S31727 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0546 Steel

Both S31727 stainless steel and EN 1.0546 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0546 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
2.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
350
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.015
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 4.0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 53.7 to 61.3
95.5 to 99.15
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.85 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.8 to 4.5
0 to 0.13
Nickel (Ni), % 14.5 to 16.5
0 to 0.55
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.21
0 to 0.017
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14