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EN 1.4311 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4311 stainless steel and EN 1.4876 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. 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 1.4311 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4876 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 43
33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 450
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
19 to 23
Iron (Fe), % 65.7 to 73.9
38.6 to 50.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 11.5
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6