MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.1191 Steel vs. EN 1.4508 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.1191 steel and EN 1.4508 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 1.1191 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4508 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 17
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 290
210
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 16 to 29
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 700
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 440
260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 100
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 510
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 25
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 22
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.5
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 99.08
61.2 to 69.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
9.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030