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EN 1.8516 Steel vs. EN 1.4417 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8516 steel and EN 1.4417 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% 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 1.8516 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4417 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570
380
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 28
56
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1100
730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 910
550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
21
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 61
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.2
41
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2190
730
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 39
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 32
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.27
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 94.6 to 96.1
56.7 to 66.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.7
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 8.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 0
0 to 1.0