EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and EN 1.6570 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 500 to 660 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 22 to 30 | |
| 40 to 48 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.24 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 87.1 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |