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EN 1.4558 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4558 stainless steel and EN 1.4938 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4558 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 39
16 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
390 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 350
540 to 630
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
870 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
640 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 480
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
10
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.5
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 77
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
140 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
1050 to 1920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
31 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
26 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.1
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
30 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.080 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 39.2 to 47.9
80.5 to 84.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 32 to 35
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.020 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.6
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.4