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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5026 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.5026 steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5026 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
200 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
660 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
46

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
24 to 71
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
22 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
20 to 60

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.52 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
96.5 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
1.6 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025