EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8838 Steel
Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.8838 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8838 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
| 290 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 94 | |
| 58 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 44 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 800 | |
| 500 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.054 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 95 to 99.985 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.85 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.027 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.65 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.14 |