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EN 1.0038 Steel vs. EN 1.4848 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.0038 steel and EN 1.4848 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 EN 1.0038 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4848 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 110 to 120
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 25
9.0
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140 to 160
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 380 to 430
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 220
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 72 to 88
38
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 130
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 13 to 15
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 16
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 13
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.23
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
24 to 27
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.6
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.1 to 100
45.4 to 55.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
19 to 22
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.014
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.55
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030