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EN 1.4580 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

Both EN 1.4580 stainless steel and EN 1.4931 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 1.4580 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4931 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
410
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
9.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 60
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
11.3 to 12.2
Iron (Fe), % 61.4 to 71
83.2 to 86.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
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