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EN 1.4958 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8881 Steel

Both EN 1.4958 stainless steel and EN 1.8881 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4958 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8881 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
3.7
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95
1320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0 to 1.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0 to 0.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 41.1 to 50.6
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 32.5
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15