EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1133 Steel
Both EN 1.4303 stainless steel and EN 1.1133 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.4303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1133 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 49 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 230 to 310 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 98 | |
| 45 to 48 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 370 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 900 | |
| 580 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 560 | |
| 320 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 230 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 270 to 550 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 18 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.8 to 72 | |
| 96.9 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |