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EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. S41425 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and S41425 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 S41425 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 340
280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 34
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340 to 550
450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510 to 680
570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 1130
920
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 970
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
810
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
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
13
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 220
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470 to 2370
1420
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 41
33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 23
33

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
12 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 61.2 to 69
74 to 81.9
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
0.5 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.3 to 3.7
4.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0.060 to 0.12
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050