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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7715 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.7715 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7715 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
52

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
2.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0.3 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
96.5 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.5 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.3
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
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.22 to 0.28