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EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1221 Steel

Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and EN 1.1221 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1221 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
210 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
10 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
240 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 550
450 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
730 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
390 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
67 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
410 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
26 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
23 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
23 to 28

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.57 to 0.65
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.4
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 74.9
97.1 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
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), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.035

Comparable Variants