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EN 1.4595 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0259 Steel

Both EN 1.4595 stainless steel and EN 1.0259 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4595 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0259 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 29
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 310
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 34
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.2
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 81.3 to 85.8
96.7 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 0.010
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.040
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.020