EN 1.4578 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6220 Steel
Both EN 1.4578 stainless steel and EN 1.6220 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4578 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6220 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 90 | |
| 49 to 57 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 550 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 300 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 19 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.9 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 16 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.3 to 68.5 | |
| 96.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 11 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |