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EN 1.8881 Steel vs. EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8881 steel and EN 1.4501 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8881 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
430
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
80
Shear Strength, MPa 510
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 710
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.3
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.0
42
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1320
870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
22

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 1.5
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 91.9 to 100
57.6 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.7
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.7
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.5
6.0 to 8.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.060
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.050
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.12
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.15
0