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EN 1.4469 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4878 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4469 stainless steel and EN 1.4878 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 87% 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 1.4469 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4878 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 42
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 730
120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 27
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.4 to 65.9
65 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
9.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.8