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EN 1.8151 Steel vs. EN 1.4613 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8151 steel and EN 1.4613 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8151 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4613 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 540
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 1940
530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
19
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.2
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.8
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 25
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 70
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
5.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 58
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.4 to 0.5
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.8
22 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.9 to 97.2
70.3 to 77.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 1.3 to 1.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.2
0