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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8880 Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and EN 1.8880 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8880 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
470
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 110
68
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 580
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 49
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0 to 1.5
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
91.9 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 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
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 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15