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EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. Grade VDSiCr Steel

Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and grade VDSiCr steel are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 grade VDSiCr steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
590
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
1950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 42
2.2
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.5 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
0.5 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.060
Iron (Fe), % 32.6 to 43.5
96.6 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 36 to 39
0
Niobium (Nb), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
1.2 to 1.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020