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EN 1.4105 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8875 Steel

Both EN 1.4105 stainless steel and EN 1.8875 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 1.4105 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8875 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
19
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
3.2
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0 to 1.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 77.9 to 83.7
93.6 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15