EN 1.6368 Steel vs. EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6368 steel and EN 1.4571 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.6368 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4571 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 330 | |
| 200 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 430 | |
| 410 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 690 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 490 | |
| 230 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 580 to 650 | |
| 130 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.1 to 97.2 | |
| 61.7 to 71 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 10.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.015 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.25 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |