EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 260 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |