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EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8507 Steel

Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and EN 1.8507 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.8507 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 550
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
63

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
1210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
1.0 to 1.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 74.9
96.1 to 97.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.035