EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1151 Steel
Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and EN 1.1151 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 EN 1.1151 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.5 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 120 | |
| 180 to 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 460 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 240 to 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1020 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 | |
| 98 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.17 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 32.6 to 43.5 | |
| 97.7 to 99.43 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 36 to 39 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |