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EN 1.4910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5636 Steel

Both EN 1.4910 stainless steel and EN 1.5636 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5636 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 41
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
560
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
3.6
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
16

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.0015 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.060 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 69.9
94.6 to 97.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 12 to 14
2.0 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.18
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050