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EN 1.3538 Steel vs. EN 1.4116 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3538 steel and EN 1.4116 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.3538 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4116 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 740
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
800
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
3.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.0
8.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.3
18
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 26
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0.45 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 1.7 to 2.0
14 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.2
81.3 to 85
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.5
0.5 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.15
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.2