EN 1.0034 Steel vs. EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0034 steel and EN 1.4655 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.0034 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 9.0 to 32 | |
23 to 25 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 170 | |
320 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.27 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
78 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 220 to 230 | |
460 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 380 | |
720 to 730 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 to 280 | |
450 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
1050 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
2.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
41 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
160 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 95 | |
150 to 160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 84 to 210 | |
510 to 580 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 13 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 12 | |
20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
22 to 24 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 3.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 100 | |
63.6 to 73.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.6 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 5.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.2 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.015 |