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EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8831 Steel

Both EN 1.4876 stainless steel and EN 1.8831 steel are iron alloys. They have 46% 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 1.4876 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8831 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 33
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
2.3
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 94
620
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0.020 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
0
Iron (Fe), % 38.6 to 50.7
96.6 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1