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EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4376 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4501 stainless steel and EN 1.4376 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 85% 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 1.4501 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4376 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
420
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540
530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 42
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
290
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870
520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
17 to 20.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 65.8
65.5 to 76
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
5.0 to 8.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
2.0 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0.5 to 1.0
0