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EN 1.6368 Steel vs. EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6368 steel and EN 1.4876 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 47% 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 1.6368 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4876 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 210
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 18
33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 330
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 430
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 690
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460 to 490
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.5
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
30
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 53
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 580 to 650
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 24
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 22
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.015 to 0.040
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.17
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 95.1 to 97.2
38.6 to 50.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.25 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 1.3
30 to 34
Niobium (Nb), % 0.015 to 0.045
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.25 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6