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EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8879 Steel

Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and EN 1.8879 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8879 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
420
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
1320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 65.2 to 74
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15