MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.1191 Steel vs. EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.1191 steel and EN 1.4872 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.1191 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4872 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 200
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 17
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 290
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Shear Strength, MPa 380 to 430
620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 700
950
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 440
560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1150
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 48
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 100
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 510
780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 25
35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 22
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.5
0.2 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.4
24 to 26
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 99.08
54.2 to 61.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
8.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015