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EN 1.4547 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4547 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4547 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, % 39
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 510
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
31
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 45
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 51 to 56.3
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 18.5
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.25 to 0.65