EN 1.4807 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CF16F Steel
Both EN 1.4807 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CF16F steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4807 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CF16F steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
150 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 | |
50 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
270 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
530 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
280 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 600 | |
420 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
980 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
2.0 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
2.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 39 | |
18 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.8 | |
3.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 97 | |
47 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
22 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 | |
220 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
190 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
19 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
19 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
4.3 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
12 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.16 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20 | |
18 to 21 |
Iron (Fe), % | 36.6 to 46.7 | |
61.3 to 72.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 34 to 36 | |
9.0 to 12 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.17 |
Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.35 |
Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |