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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1181 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.1181 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1181 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
160 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
19 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
190 to 260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
560 to 620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
280 to 380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
42
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
90 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
210 to 380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
20 to 22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
19 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
19 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.32 to 0.39
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
97.4 to 99.18
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 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