EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.3975 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, 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 1.3975 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 250 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 700 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 260 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 to 280 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 170 | |
| 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.7 to 72.5 | |
| 58.2 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 9.5 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |