EN 1.6579 Steel vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6579 steel and EN 1.4938 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 390 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 to 980 | |
| 870 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 600 to 910 | |
| 640 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.7 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 120 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 950 to 2210 | |
| 1050 to 1920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 31 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.2 to 96.1 | |
| 80.5 to 84.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |