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EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4821 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4821 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, % 18
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 450
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
31
Density, g/cm3 7.6
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 110
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 500
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 64.2 to 71.1
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.25 to 0.65