EN 1.8866 Steel vs. EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.8866 steel and EN 1.4006 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8866 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4006 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
16 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
150 to 300 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 350 | |
370 to 460 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
590 to 750 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
230 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
740 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
30 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
7.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
1.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
27 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
100 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
99 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 | |
140 to 660 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
21 to 27 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
20 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
8.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.16 | |
0.080 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
11.5 to 13.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.3 to 100 | |
83.1 to 88.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |