EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4313 stainless steel and EN 1.4415 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 510 | |
| 470 to 510 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 55 to 70 | |
| 91 to 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 600 | |
| 520 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 to 1000 | |
| 830 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 910 | |
| 730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 790 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 9.9 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 34 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 870 to 2100 | |
| 1350 to 1790 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 25 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 5.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.5 to 84.2 | |
| 75.9 to 82.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 4.5 to 6.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |