EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6579 Steel
Both EN 1.4903 stainless steel and EN 1.6579 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% 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 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6579 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 330 | |
| 380 to 570 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 42 to 46 | |
| 35 to 41 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 850 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 | |
| 600 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 3.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 2.4 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 100 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 950 to 2210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 25 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0.32 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 94.2 to 96.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |