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EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8828 Steel

Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and EN 1.8828 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8828 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 65.2 to 74
96.7 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1