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EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel

Both EN 1.4578 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.6579 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
260 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
11 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
380 to 570
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
35 to 41
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
850 to 980
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
600 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
100 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
950 to 2210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
30 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.32 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 17.5
1.4 to 1.7
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.3 to 68.5
94.2 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.15 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 11
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