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EN 1.4125 Stainless Steel vs. S38815 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4125 stainless steel and S38815 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4125 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 19
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 500
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 470
290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 570
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 1.0 to 1.2
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
13 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 78 to 82.7
56.1 to 67
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.8
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
13 to 17
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
5.5 to 6.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020