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EN 1.4874 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3559 Steel

Both EN 1.4874 stainless steel and EN 1.3559 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 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, 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 1.3559 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
500 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
2.2
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 290
50

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
18 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
18 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.3
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
15 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.65
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0.6 to 1.0
Cobalt (Co), % 18.5 to 22
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 23 to 38.9
97.2 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 18 to 22
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 2.0 to 3.0
0