EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8831 Steel
Both EN 1.4477 stainless steel and EN 1.8831 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8831 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 23 | |
19 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 490 | |
330 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 110 | |
110 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 580 | |
390 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 930 | |
630 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 730 | |
480 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
49 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 20 | |
2.3 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
1.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
21 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 940 to 1290 | |
620 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 33 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 27 | |
21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
13 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
18 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.020 to 0.040 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.16 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 56.6 to 63.6 | |
96.6 to 99.98 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
0 to 1.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.6 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 5.8 to 7.5 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |