EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0038 Steel
Both EN 1.4945 stainless steel and EN 1.0038 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0038 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 220 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 34 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 350 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 240 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 740 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 550 | |
| 200 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 73 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 72 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 760 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 57.9 to 65.7 | |
| 97.1 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.4 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.060 to 0.14 | |
| 0 to 0.014 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |