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EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8838 Steel

Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and EN 1.8838 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8838 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 45
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 330
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 550
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 900
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 570
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
410
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
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
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 14
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 260
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 830
500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 32
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 27
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.054
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 19
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 78
95 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.23
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 9.5
0 to 0.85
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.027
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.65
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14