EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1127 Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and EN 1.1127 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1127 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 14 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 280 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 590 | |
| 420 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 660 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 410 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 90 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 440 to 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 23 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 21 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.24 | |
| 0.34 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 87.1 | |
| 96.6 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |