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EN 1.4458 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0234 Steel

Both EN 1.4458 stainless steel and EN 1.0234 steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4458 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0234 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
100 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
12 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
170 to 270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
350 to 480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
220 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
53
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
36 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 89
130 to 440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
12 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
14 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
11 to 15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.13 to 0.17
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 40.2 to 53
99.02 to 99.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.35 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 26 to 30
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025