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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel

Both EN 1.4557 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
260 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
11 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
380 to 570
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 56
35 to 41
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
850 to 980
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
600 to 910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
3.7
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 45
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
100 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
950 to 2210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
30 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
25 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.32 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
1.4 to 1.7
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
94.2 to 96.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0.15 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030