EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and EN 1.4568 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 2.3 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 520 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 830 to 1620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 330 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 36 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 290 to 5710 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 30 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 25 to 40 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 70.9 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |