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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0314 Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.0314 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0314 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
92 to 120
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
24 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
140 to 220
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 480 to 500
200 to 250
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
320 to 400
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
190 to 310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
53
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
6.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
7.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
68 to 87
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
95 to 250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
11 to 14
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
13 to 15
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
10 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
99.365 to 99.78
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0.2 to 0.4
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants