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EN 1.4376 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8062 Steel

Both EN 1.4376 stainless steel and EN 1.8062 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4376 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8062 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
200 to 510
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
660 to 1910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
24 to 69
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 44
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
20 to 57

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.42 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 20.5
0.5 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 65.5 to 76
95.9 to 97.1
Manganese (Mn), % 5.0 to 8.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.3 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025