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EN 1.4724 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8881 Steel

Both EN 1.4724 stainless steel and EN 1.8881 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 1.4724 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8881 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 16
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 73
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
1320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.7 to 1.2
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 82.2 to 86.6
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.7 to 1.4
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15