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EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8896 Steel

Both EN 1.4659 stainless steel and EN 1.8896 steel are iron alloys. They have 42% 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 1.4659 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8896 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 49
24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
280
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 94
45
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 640
330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
2.2
Density, g/cm3 8.2
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.5
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 89
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 370
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 550
400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 35.7 to 45.7
97 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 2.0 to 4.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 21 to 23
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Tungsten (W), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1