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S42300 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7230 Steel

Both S42300 stainless steel and EN 1.7230 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S42300 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7230 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
220 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.1
11 to 12
Fatigue Strength, MPa 440
320 to 460
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 13
29 to 30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1100
720 to 910
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 850
510 to 740

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 4.5
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.2
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 93
79 to 97
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1840
700 to 1460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 39
26 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
23 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.8
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 40
21 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.32
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12
0.8 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 82 to 85.1
96.7 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.4
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0