EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0303 Steel
Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and EN 1.0303 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0303 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 84 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 12 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 150 to 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 550 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 900 | |
| 290 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 570 | |
| 200 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 260 | |
| 30 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 830 | |
| 110 to 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 9.2 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 78 | |
| 99.335 to 99.71 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |