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EN 1.4558 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8880 Steel

Both EN 1.4558 stainless steel and EN 1.8880 steel are iron alloys. They have 46% 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 1.4558 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8880 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 39
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 350
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
3.7
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.5
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 77
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 39.2 to 47.9
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 32 to 35
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15