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EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0488 Steel

Both EN 1.4806 stainless steel and EN 1.0488 steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4806 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0488 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
2.3
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 27
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.1
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.024
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 40.4 to 48.7
96.6 to 99.38
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 34 to 36
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050