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EN 1.4584 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8550 Steel

Both EN 1.4584 stainless steel and EN 1.8550 steel are iron alloys. They have 51% 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 1.4584 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8550 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
470
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 67
34
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
3.4
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.7
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
67

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 36
2.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
1550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
1.5 to 1.8
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 41.7 to 52
94.4 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
0.85 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.035