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EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8868 Steel

Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and EN 1.8868 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8868 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 860 to 950
260
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 11 to 22
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 1010 to 1110
350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1690 to 1850
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1570 to 1730
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 210
120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60 to 65
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40 to 43
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58 to 63
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.4 to 1.8
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 75.5
96.4 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.8 to 2.3
0 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 10.2 to 11.3
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.060
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.050