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EN 1.4877 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8503 Steel

Both EN 1.4877 stainless steel and EN 1.8503 steel are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4877 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8503 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 36
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
600
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.8
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
3.3
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 89
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 28
3.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
2200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.080
0.16 to 0.24
Cerium (Ce), % 0.050 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 28
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 36.4 to 42.3
95.8 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.65 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.6 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35