EN 1.5113 Steel vs. EN 1.4418 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5113 steel and EN 1.4418 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4418 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 16 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 470 | |
| 350 to 480 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 540 | |
| 530 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 900 | |
| 860 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 770 | |
| 540 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 96 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 1570 | |
| 730 to 1590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 31 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 26 | |
| 31 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 97.5 | |
| 73.2 to 80.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |