EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4303 stainless steel and EN 1.4578 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4578 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 49 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 200 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 98 | |
| 90 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 540 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 900 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 560 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 230 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 16.5 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.8 to 72 | |
| 62.3 to 68.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 10 to 11 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |