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EN 1.4805 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8873 Steel

Both EN 1.4805 stainless steel and EN 1.8873 steel are iron alloys. They have 54% 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 1.8873 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
420
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
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 37
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 44.9 to 56.8
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 27
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
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