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AISI 405 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 405 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 AISI 405 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 300
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
31
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 14.5
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 82.5 to 88.4
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.25 to 0.65