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EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8515 Steel

Both EN 1.4501 stainless steel and EN 1.8515 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8515 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
580
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
29
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
74
Shear Strength, MPa 540
680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600
940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
470
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 42
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870
2310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
33

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.28 to 0.35
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
2.8 to 3.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 65.8
94.7 to 96.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Tungsten (W), % 0.5 to 1.0
0