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EN 1.8503 Steel vs. EN 1.4611 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8503 steel and EN 1.4611 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 1.8503 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4611 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 600
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 610
330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 910
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.3
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 33
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 57
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 3.7
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2200
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
5.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0.16 to 0.24
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.2 to 1.5
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.8 to 97.5
73.3 to 80.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.65 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.35
0