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EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade LC9 Steel

Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and ASTM grade LC9 steel are iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade LC9 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.5
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 42
8.0
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.1
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
65

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 18
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.13
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 32.6 to 43.5
87.4 to 91.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 36 to 39
8.5 to 10
Niobium (Nb), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030