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EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and EN 1.4587 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4587 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
36
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
230

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
43
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
2.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 74.9
32.7 to 41.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
28 to 30
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.025