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EN 1.3537 Steel vs. EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3537 steel and EN 1.4303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3537 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 220
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 730
590 to 900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 43
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.8
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.6
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 26
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 23
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18 to 22
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 1.7 to 2.0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.4 to 97.8
64.8 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0.25 to 0.45
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11 to 13
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.45
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants