EN 1.6580 Steel vs. EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6580 steel and EN 1.4477 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% 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 1.4477 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 350 | |
| 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 420 to 490 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 880 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 620 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.9 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 4.3 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.3 | |
| 41 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 940 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 26 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 3.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 56.6 to 63.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 5.8 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |