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Grade VDSiCrV Steel vs. EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDSiCrV steel and EN 1.4460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 VDSiCrV steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4460 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 630
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 2100
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
18
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 75
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 47
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 63
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.5 to 0.7
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 1.0
25 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.1 to 97.8
60.2 to 69.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.3 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.5 to 6.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 1.2 to 1.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.25
0