EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and EN 1.6368 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 200 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
| 310 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 550 | |
| 410 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 900 | |
| 660 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 570 | |
| 460 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 260 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 830 | |
| 580 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 78 | |
| 95.1 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 9.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.045 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |