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S44537 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4931 Steel

Both S44537 stainless steel and EN 1.4931 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S44537 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4931 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
410
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
810
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 360
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
600
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
9.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 320
970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.6
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.26
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 24
11.3 to 12.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 69 to 78.6
83.2 to 86.8
Lanthanum (La), % 0.040 to 0.2
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.8
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.6
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0060
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.020 to 0.2
0
Tungsten (W), % 1.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35