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EN 1.4762 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8872 Steel

Both EN 1.4762 stainless steel and EN 1.8872 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4762 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8872 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 13
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.6
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 67
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.2 to 1.7
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 26
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 69.7 to 75.1
95.1 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.7 to 1.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.050