EN 1.0303 Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0303 steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0303 steel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 84 to 120 | |
| 290 to 480 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 25 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 75 to 86 | |
| 39 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 260 | |
| 610 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 410 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 30 to 94 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 270 | |
| 1090 to 5490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 10 to 15 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.2 to 13 | |
| 33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12.3 to 13.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.335 to 99.71 | |
| 73.6 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |