EN 1.1181 Steel vs. EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1181 steel and EN 1.4306 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.1181 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4306 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, % | 19 to 20 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 260 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 390 | |
| 400 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 620 | |
| 580 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 380 | |
| 210 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 42 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 110 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 380 | |
| 110 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.4 to 99.18 | |
| 64.8 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 10 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |