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EN 1.4841 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4841 stainless steel and EN 1.4587 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 84% 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 1.4841 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4587 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 32
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
36
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 62
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
230

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
43
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 47.1 to 55.5
32.7 to 41.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
28 to 30
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025