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AISI 312 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8503 Steel

Both AISI 312 stainless steel and EN 1.8503 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 AISI 312 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8503 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
600
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
3.3
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 33
3.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
2200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.16 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.2 to 69.2
95.8 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.2 to 2.0
0.65 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.14 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35