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EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. Grade FDCrV Steel

Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and grade FDCrV steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, 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 grade FDCrV steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
540
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 1130
1800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
64
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
53

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.62 to 0.72
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.12
Iron (Fe), % 61.2 to 69
97.8 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
0.5 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 2.3 to 3.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25