MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4311 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4886 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4311 stainless steel and EN 1.4886 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 74% 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 1.4886 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 43
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 450
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

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
31
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
230
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
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
17 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 65.7 to 73.9
38.7 to 49
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 11.5
33 to 37
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.22
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015