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AISI 405 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 405 stainless steel and EN 1.4541 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 AISI 405 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
190 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 300
410 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
16
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
120 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 14.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 82.5 to 88.4
65.2 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
9.0 to 12
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7