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EN 1.4805 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8838 Steel

Both EN 1.4805 stainless steel and EN 1.8838 steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4805 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8838 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
44
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 37
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.054
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 44.9 to 56.8
95 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.23
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 27
0 to 0.85
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.027
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.65
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14