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EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8516 Steel

Both EN 1.4307 stainless steel and EN 1.8516 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8516 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 270
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 320
570
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
28
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 570
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
470
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
61

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
5.2
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 210
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 810
2190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.27
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
94.6 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
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 to 0.015
0 to 0.035