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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3553 steel and EN 1.4378 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3553 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
190 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
760 to 1130

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
12
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
23
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
28 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
24 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
16 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
61.2 to 69
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
11.5 to 14.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.3 to 3.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0