EN 1.6580 Steel vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6580 steel and EN 1.4418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 1.6580 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4418 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 350 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 530 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 860 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 540 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.3 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 730 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 31 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 31 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 73.2 to 80.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |