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EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

Both EN 1.4568 stainless steel and EN 1.4931 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4931 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 21
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 670
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830 to 1620
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330 to 1490
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
9.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
8.5
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
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 36 to 140
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290 to 5710
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 58
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 40
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 46
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.7 to 1.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11.3 to 12.2
Iron (Fe), % 70.9 to 76.8
83.2 to 86.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.8
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35