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EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8896 Steel

Both EN 1.4307 stainless steel and EN 1.8896 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8896 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 270
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 320
280
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
45
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 570
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
400
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
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

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
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 210
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 810
400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
97 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1