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EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8888 Steel

Both EN 1.4571 stainless steel and EN 1.8888 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.4571 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8888 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
420
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
3.7
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 820
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 61.7 to 71
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13.5
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15