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Grade TDCrV Steel vs. EN 1.4438 Stainless Steel

Both grade TDCrV steel and EN 1.4438 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 TDCrV steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4438 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 520
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1730
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
60
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 61
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 51
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.62 to 0.72
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
17.5 to 19.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.8
57.3 to 66.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
13 to 16
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0