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EN 1.4374 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1536 Steel

Both EN 1.4374 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1536 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4374 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1536 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
180 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
14 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
240 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 550
400 to 440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
640 to 720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 400
360 to 600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270
93 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 400
340 to 950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
23 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
21 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
20 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.4
0
Iron (Fe), % 63.5 to 67.9
98 to 98.5
Manganese (Mn), % 9.0 to 10
1.2 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.25 to 0.32
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050