EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5636 Steel
Both EN 1.4424 stainless steel and EN 1.5636 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5636 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 370 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 800 | |
| 560 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 500 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 200 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 640 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.060 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 68.6 to 72.4 | |
| 94.6 to 97.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 5.2 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.4 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |