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EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5410 Steel

Both EN 1.4306 stainless steel and EN 1.5410 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4306 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5410 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
170 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 45
20 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
290 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 900
560 to 620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210 to 570
400 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
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
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

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 16
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 200
120 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110 to 820
430 to 610
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
20 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
19 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
16 to 18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 64.8 to 72
96.9 to 98.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.2 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 12
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 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.050 to 0.1

Comparable Variants