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S13800 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel

Both S13800 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 480
260 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 18
11 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 870
380 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1730
850 to 980
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 660 to 1580
600 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 190
100 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1090 to 5490
950 to 2210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 61
30 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 41
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 58
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.9 to 1.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.32 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 12.3 to 13.2
1.4 to 1.7
Iron (Fe), % 73.6 to 77.3
94.2 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.15 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 8.5
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants