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EN 1.6579 Steel vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6579 steel and AISI 431 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 290
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
15 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 570
430 to 610
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 850 to 980
890 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600 to 910
710 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.7
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.8
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.4
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100 to 120
140 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 950 to 2210
1270 to 2770
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 35
32 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 28
27 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
7.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
28 to 43

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.32 to 0.38
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.7
15 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 94.2 to 96.1
78.2 to 83.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.7
1.3 to 2.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants