EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4568 stainless steel and EN 1.4310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 21 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 930 | |
| 510 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 1620 | |
| 730 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 1490 | |
| 260 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 890 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 140 | |
| 110 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 5710 | |
| 170 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 58 | |
| 26 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 40 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 46 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.9 to 76.8 | |
| 66.4 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.8 | |
| 6.0 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |