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Grade FDC Steel vs. EN 1.4361 Stainless Steel

Both grade FDC steel and EN 1.4361 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade FDC steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4361 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1680
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
350
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1370
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.12
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.4
58.7 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
14 to 16
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.35
3.7 to 4.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010