EN 1.4443 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0456 Steel
Both EN 1.4443 stainless steel and EN 1.0456 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4443 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0456 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 67 | |
| 38 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 420 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 210 | |
| 290 to 300 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 20 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.0 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 93 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.4 to 69.5 | |
| 96.7 to 99.48 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |