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EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4578 stainless steel and EN 1.4658 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 86% 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 1.4578 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 51
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
530
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 400
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
25
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
49
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 17.5
26 to 29
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 3.5
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 62.3 to 68.5
50.9 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 11
5.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010