EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6580 Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and EN 1.6580 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6580 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 11 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 310 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 450 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 720 to 1170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 460 to 990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 450 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 59 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 3.3 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 560 to 2590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 26 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 21 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.26 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 93.7 to 95.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |