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EN 1.4805 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel

Both EN 1.4805 stainless steel and EN 1.5501 steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4805 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5501 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
120 to 150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 9.0
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
180 to 270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
390 to 510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
260 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 66
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 37
40 to 83
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
190 to 460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
14 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
15 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
11 to 15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.5
0.13 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 44.9 to 56.8
98.4 to 99.269
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 27
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025