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EN 1.4981 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8881 Steel

Both EN 1.4981 stainless steel and EN 1.8881 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4981 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8881 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 39
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 420
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240
710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
420
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 67
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
1320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 59.6 to 66.7
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.6 to 2.0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 15.5 to 17.5
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15