EN 1.0580 Steel vs. EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0580 steel and EN 1.4401 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.0580 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 25 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 270 | |
| 200 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 360 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 to 620 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 450 | |
| 230 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 31 to 120 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 540 | |
| 130 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.22 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.5 to 100 | |
| 62.8 to 71.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |