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EN 1.4550 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4515 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4550 stainless steel and EN 1.4515 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 88% 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 1.4550 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4515 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 42
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
380
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
67
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620
730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 480
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
38
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
730
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
24.5 to 26.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.8 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 64.9 to 74
58.4 to 66.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
5.5 to 7.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.12 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020