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EN 1.4841 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5507 Steel

Both EN 1.4841 stainless steel and EN 1.5507 steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4841 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5507 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
140 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650
450 to 880

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 330
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 62
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
16 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
17 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.080
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0.21 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0.25 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 47.1 to 55.5
97.8 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.8 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060