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EN 1.5410 Steel vs. EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5410 steel and EN 1.4306 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.5410 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4306 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 190
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 20 to 25
14 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 330
190 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 620
580 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 400 to 480
210 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120 to 130
110 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 430 to 610
110 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 22
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 21
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 18
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 96.9 to 98.6
64.8 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 1.2 to 1.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.050 to 0.1
0

Comparable Variants