EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and EN 1.4923 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4923 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 300 to 440 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 540 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 470 to 780 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 110 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 830 | |
| 570 to 1580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.18 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 74.9 | |
| 83.5 to 87.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |