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S31727 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7231 Steel

Both S31727 stainless steel and EN 1.7231 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7231 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
240 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
360 to 500
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
790 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
570 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
420
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
13

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
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
87 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
870 to 1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
24 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.38 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 53.7 to 61.3
96.4 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.8 to 4.5
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 14.5 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030