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Grade VDC Steel vs. EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDC steel and EN 1.4658 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDC steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
81
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
900

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
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 51
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
200

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
26 to 29
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
50.9 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.010