EN 1.6580 Steel vs. EN 1.4404 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6580 steel and EN 1.4404 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6580 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4404 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 350 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 14 to 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 420 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 240 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 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 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.3 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 110 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 140 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 62.8 to 71.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |