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EN 1.4515 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4515 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4515 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
31
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 730
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.8 to 1.3
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 58.4 to 66.6
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 7.0
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.25 to 0.65