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EN 1.4584 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8151 Steel

Both EN 1.4584 stainless steel and EN 1.8151 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4584 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8151 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
200 to 540
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
670 to 1940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
2.2
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.7
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
24 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
20 to 58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0.4 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0.4 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 41.7 to 52
95.9 to 97.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.3 to 1.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.2