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EN 1.4588 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel

Both EN 1.4588 stainless steel and EN 1.6570 steel are iron alloys. They have 50% 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 1.4588 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6570 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
270 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
500 to 660
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 67
40 to 48
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
910 to 1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240
760 to 1060

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 33
3.9
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 84
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 44
2.5
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
120 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
1520 to 3010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
32 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
27 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
27 to 33

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.28 to 0.35
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
1.0 to 1.4
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 41.2 to 50.4
94 to 96.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
1.6 to 2.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015