MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4516 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4516 stainless steel and EN 1.4482 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4516 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4482 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
420 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 350
510 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
770 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
530 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 720
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 97
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
24
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
230 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260
690 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
28 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
24 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
21 to 22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 12.5
19.5 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 83.3 to 89
66.1 to 74.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 1.5
1.5 to 3.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.050 to 0.35
0