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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8873 Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and EN 1.8873 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8873 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
340
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 110
67
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 580
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0 to 1.0
Cobalt (Co), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 50.9 to 63.7
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 9.5
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15