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EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8880 Steel

Both EN 1.4606 stainless steel and EN 1.8880 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8880 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 420
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 640
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 1020
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 630
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 200
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 1010
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 36
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 28
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 35
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.35
0
Boron (B), % 0.0010 to 0.010
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 16
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 49.2 to 59
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.5
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 27
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 1.9 to 2.3
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15