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EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

Both EN 1.4587 stainless steel and EN 1.4931 steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4587 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4931 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
410
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 67
30
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.8
9.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
8.5
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.3
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 43
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
11.3 to 12.2
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 32.7 to 41.9
83.2 to 86.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 28 to 30
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35