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EN 1.3538 Steel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3538 steel and EN 1.4541 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.4541 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 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 670 to 740
600 to 900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.0
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
140

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
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 1.7 to 2.0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.2
65.2 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 12
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7

Comparable Variants