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EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4818 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4460 stainless steel and EN 1.4818 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have a moderately high 90% 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 1.4460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4818 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 470
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
16
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.030 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 60.2 to 69.2
65.6 to 71.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
9.0 to 11
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0.12 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015