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EN 1.4806 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8550 Steel

Both EN 1.4806 stainless steel and EN 1.8550 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% 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 1.4806 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8550 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
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 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.4
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
67

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
2.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 27
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
1550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
1.5 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 40.4 to 48.7
94.4 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 34 to 36
0.85 to 1.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035