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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3563 Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.3563 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3563 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
690 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
24 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
22 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
20 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.4 to 0.46
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
96.8 to 98.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants