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EN 1.4567 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel

Both EN 1.4567 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4567 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 240
260 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 51
11 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 260
380 to 570
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91 to 110
35 to 41
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550 to 780
850 to 980
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 390
600 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 11
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 220
100 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 400
950 to 2210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 27
30 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 24
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 17
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.32 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
1.4 to 1.7
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 63.3 to 71.5
94.2 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 10.5
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants