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EN 1.5414 Steel vs. EN 1.4877 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5414 steel and EN 1.4877 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 40% 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 1.5414 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4877 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 180
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
36
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 270
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 350 to 370
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550 to 580
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 380
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 44
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.4
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
37
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
220

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 320 to 370
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 20
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 20
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 17
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.025
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.4 to 98.7
36.4 to 42.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.45 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.012
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.010