EN 1.1158 Steel vs. EN 1.4000 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1158 steel and EN 1.4000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.1158 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 150 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 24 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 220 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 320 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 500 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 310 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 89 to 110 | |
| 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 250 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 99.38 | |
| 83.9 to 88 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |