EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4319 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4618 stainless steel and EN 1.4319 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4618 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4319 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 250 | |
| 240 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 90 to 91 | |
| 91 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 500 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 700 | |
| 640 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 260 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 270 to 280 | |
| 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 170 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.7 to 72.5 | |
| 70.8 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 5.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |