MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S31727 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

Both S31727 stainless steel and EN 1.4931 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4931 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
600
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
14

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
8.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
11.3 to 12.2
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 53.7 to 61.3
83.2 to 86.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.8 to 4.5
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 14.5 to 16.5
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35