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EN 1.4458 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4374 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4458 stainless steel and EN 1.4374 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 72% 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 1.4458 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4374 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
340
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 67
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
400

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
14
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 89
400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
17.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 40.2 to 53
63.5 to 67.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
9.0 to 10
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 26 to 30
5.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0.25 to 0.32
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030