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EN 1.3538 Steel vs. EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3538 steel and EN 1.4658 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 1.4658 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 740
900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.0
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.3
49
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 26
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.7 to 2.0
26 to 29
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.2
50.9 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.5
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
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 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010