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EN 1.8872 Steel vs. EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8872 steel and EN 1.4424 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8872 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310
350 to 370
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
90 to 91
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 380
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
480 to 500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.5
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.8
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 530
580 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
23

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.18
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.5
18 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 95.1 to 100
68.6 to 72.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.7
1.2 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
4.5 to 5.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0.050 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
1.4 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.030
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.080
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.050
0