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EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6771 Steel

Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.6771 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.6771 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
280 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
8.0 to 8.7
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 250
440 to 680
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90 to 91
20 to 32
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 700
930 to 1180
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 260
740 to 1140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
8.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
58

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
2.5
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 280
75 to 93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160 to 170
1460 to 3450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 25
33 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
27 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 16
27 to 35

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.27 to 0.33
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0.8 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.7 to 72.5
92.2 to 95
Manganese (Mn), % 5.5 to 9.5
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.5
3.0 to 4.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.020

Comparable Variants