EN 1.8823 Steel vs. EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.8823 steel and EN 1.4640 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.8823 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4640 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
190 to 200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
51 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
230 to 250 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 340 | |
440 to 460 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
620 to 650 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 | |
240 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
930 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
14 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
250 to 260 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 | |
150 to 170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
22 to 23 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.015 to 0.034 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
0.030 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
18 to 19 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
1.3 to 2.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 95.6 to 99.985 | |
67.4 to 73.6 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.7 | |
1.5 to 4.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
5.5 to 6.9 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.017 | |
0.030 to 0.11 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.55 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
0 |