MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4980 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.4980 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.4980 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
410
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 94
57
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
680

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
780
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
26
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
1180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.35
Boron (B), % 0
0.0030 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.030 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
13.5 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
49.2 to 58.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
1.0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
24 to 27
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.9 to 2.3
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5