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EN 1.4580 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8875 Steel

Both EN 1.4580 stainless steel and EN 1.8875 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.8875 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
340
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
420
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
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 60
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 61.4 to 71
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13.5
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15