EN 1.4404 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4404 stainless steel and EN 1.4913 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 1.4404 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 43 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 320 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 550 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 570 | |
| 480 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 700 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 210 | |
| 130 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 600 to 1860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 6.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 31 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 10 to 11.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 84.5 to 88.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.55 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |