MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.1233 Steel vs. EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.1233 steel and EN 1.4578 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1233 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4578 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 760
550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 27
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 24
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 24
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.52 to 0.6
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16.5 to 17.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.1
62.3 to 68.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 11
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015