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EN 1.4125 Stainless Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4125 stainless steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
280 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 19
3.4 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
570 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 500
790 to 1090
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
1370 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 470
1240 to 1700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
620
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
17
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
45 to 190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 1.0 to 1.2
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 78 to 82.7
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.8 to 1.4