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EN 1.4539 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8898 Steel

Both EN 1.4539 stainless steel and EN 1.8898 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% 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 1.4539 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8898 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 38
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220
330
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
45
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
2.2
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.7
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.2 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 43.1 to 51.8
96.7 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.025
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12