EN 1.6579 Steel vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6579 steel and AISI 431 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 290 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 to 980 | |
| 890 to 1380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 600 to 910 | |
| 710 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.7 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 16 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 120 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 950 to 2210 | |
| 1270 to 2770 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 32 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 27 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 28 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.2 to 96.1 | |
| 78.2 to 83.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 1.3 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |