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EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6587 Steel

Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and EN 1.6587 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6587 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
160 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 1130
520 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
3.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
58

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
2.6
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
18 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
18 to 36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
15 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.15 to 0.21
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
1.5 to 1.8
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 61.2 to 69
94.4 to 96.4
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
0.5 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.25 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 2.3 to 3.7
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030