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EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4578 stainless steel and EN 1.4903 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4578 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
20 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
320 to 330
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
42 to 46
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 400
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
670 to 680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
650
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
3.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
4.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
88

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
120 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
7.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
23

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.080 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 17.5
8.0 to 9.5
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 3.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.3 to 68.5
87.1 to 90.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.85 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 11
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.060 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.030 to 0.070
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.18 to 0.25