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EN 1.4150 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8880 Steel

Both EN 1.4150 stainless steel and EN 1.8880 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4150 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8880 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 20
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 460
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.45 to 0.6
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16.5
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 79 to 82.8
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.3 to 1.7
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15