EN 1.4874 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1127 Steel
Both EN 1.4874 stainless steel and EN 1.1127 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 33% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4874 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1127 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 190 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.7 | |
| 14 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 280 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 660 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 | |
| 410 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 29 | |
| 90 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 | |
| 440 to 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 21 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 0.34 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 18.5 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 23 to 38.9 | |
| 96.6 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 22 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |