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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4421 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.4421 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.4421 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 51
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
380 to 520
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90 to 91
30 to 67
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
880 to 1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
620 to 950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
120 to 140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
960 to 2270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
31 to 39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
26 to 30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
31 to 39

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
15.5 to 17.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
74.4 to 80.5
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
4.0 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants