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EN 1.3538 Steel vs. EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3538 steel and EN 1.4460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% 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 1.4460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 740
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.0
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.3
34
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
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
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 1.7 to 2.0
25 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.2
60.2 to 69.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.5
1.3 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.5 to 6.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015