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EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4313 stainless steel and EN 1.4418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
16 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 510
350 to 480
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 55 to 70
62 to 90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 600
530 to 620
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750 to 1000
860 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 910
540 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 34
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 150
130 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870 to 2100
730 to 1590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 36
31 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 28
26 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27 to 36
31 to 36

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 78.5 to 84.2
73.2 to 80.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.7
0.8 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants