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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4611 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and EN 1.4611 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4611 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 28
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
78
Shear Strength, MPa 620
330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
11
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
5.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
73.3 to 80.8
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 1.0