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EN 1.8550 Steel vs. EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8550 steel and EN 1.4658 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8550 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 11
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470
530
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 34
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
81
Shear Strength, MPa 600
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760
730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 67
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.3
49
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1550
1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.37
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.5 to 1.8
26 to 29
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 94.4 to 96.3
50.9 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.85 to 1.2
5.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.010