EN 1.5113 Steel vs. EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5113 steel and EN 1.4371 stainless 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 (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5113 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 270 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 45 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 470 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 540 | |
| 520 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 900 | |
| 740 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 770 | |
| 320 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 96 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 1570 | |
| 250 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 97.5 | |
| 66.7 to 74.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |