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EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and EN 1.4541 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 16 to 17
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390 to 520
190 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 630
410 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 870 to 1030
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 640 to 870
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 160
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1050 to 1920
120 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 37
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 29
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 35
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 80.5 to 84.8
65.2 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 3.0
9.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.040
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.4
0

Comparable Variants