AISI 410 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Both AISI 410 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 AISI 410 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 260 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 350 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 770 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 580 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 110 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 860 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 26 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 88.4 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |