AISI 418 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7390 Steel
Both AISI 418 stainless steel and EN 1.7390 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 418 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7390 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 330 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 520 | |
| 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 50 | |
| 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 680 | |
| 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1100 | |
| 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 850 | |
| 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 770 | |
| 510 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.1 | |
| 9.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 6.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1830 | |
| 600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 38 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.5 to 83.6 | |
| 91.9 to 95.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |