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EN 1.4613 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8838 Steel

Both EN 1.4613 stainless steel and EN 1.8838 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 1.4613 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8838 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 21
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 330
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 19
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0.015 to 0.054
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 25
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 70.3 to 77.8
95 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.23
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.85
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.027
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.65
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14