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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0038 Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and EN 1.0038 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% 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 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0038 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
110 to 120
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
23 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
140 to 160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 620
240 to 270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
380 to 430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
200 to 220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
72 to 88
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
110 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
13 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
15 to 16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
12 to 13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
97.1 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.014
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.045