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EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5508 Steel

Both EN 1.4749 stainless steel and EN 1.5508 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5508 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
130 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 16
11 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
210 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
300 to 360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
420 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
310 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80
44 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
260 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
15 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
16 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
12 to 43

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 68.5 to 73.7
97.9 to 99.199
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025