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EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8959 Steel

Both EN 1.4541 stainless steel and EN 1.8959 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8959 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 330
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
52

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
78
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120 to 830
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.19
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.35 to 0.85
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 65.2 to 74
94.9 to 99
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.45 to 1.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.7
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.17