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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4507 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.4507 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4507 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 51
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
410
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90 to 91
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 480 to 500
530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
840
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

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
21
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
4.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
41
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
850
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
1.0 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
56.4 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015