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EN 1.4537 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4537 stainless steel and EN 1.4568 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4537 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 42
2.3 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
76
Shear Strength, MPa 480
520 to 930
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
830 to 1620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
330 to 1490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
13
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.1
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 84
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 46
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
36 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270
290 to 5710
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
30 to 58
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
25 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
23 to 46

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.7 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 36.3 to 46.1
70.9 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.7
0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
6.5 to 7.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.17 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015