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EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8866 Steel

Both EN 1.4640 stainless steel and EN 1.8866 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4640 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8866 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 200
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 51
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 250
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 460
350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 650
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 260
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 250 to 260
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150 to 170
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 23
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 15
16

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.030 to 0.080
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 19
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 2.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 67.4 to 73.6
96.3 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 1.5 to 4.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 6.9
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.030 to 0.11
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.060
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.050