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EN 1.4315 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8874 Steel

Both EN 1.4315 stainless steel and EN 1.8874 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4315 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8874 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
340
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
670
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 65.7 to 73.9
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 11
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.22
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15