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EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0259 Steel

Both EN 1.4640 stainless steel and EN 1.0259 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4640 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0259 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 200
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 250
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 460
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 650
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 260
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 250 to 260
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150 to 170
210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 23
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 15
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 19
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 2.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 67.4 to 73.6
96.7 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 1.5 to 4.0
0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 6.9
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.010
Nitrogen (N), % 0.030 to 0.11
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.040
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.020