EN 1.8153 Steel vs. EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.8153 steel and EN 1.4971 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 32% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8153 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 570 | |
| 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 2040 | |
| 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 74 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 62 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0.080 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 20 to 22.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 96.9 | |
| 24.3 to 37.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |