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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4742 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.4742 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, 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 1.4742 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 51
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 480 to 500
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
19
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
5.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.7 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
77.2 to 81.6
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015