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EN 1.4864 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8873 Steel

Both EN 1.4864 stainless steel and EN 1.8873 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4864 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8873 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 33
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
3.2
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.3
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 41.7 to 51
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 33 to 37
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
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