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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8515 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.8515 steel are iron alloys. They have 52% 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 1.8515 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
580
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
470
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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
3.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
4.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
2310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
33

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.28 to 0.35
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
2.8 to 3.3
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
94.7 to 96.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.3 to 0.5
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 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035