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EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4655 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4655 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, % 23 to 25
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
77
Shear Strength, MPa 460
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720 to 730
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 480
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
31
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 160
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 580
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 63.6 to 73.4
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.25 to 0.65