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EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8159 Steel

Both EN 1.4460 stainless steel and EN 1.8159 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 1.8159 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
200 to 360
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
660 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
23 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
19 to 58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.47 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
0.9 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 60.2 to 69.2
96.4 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.25