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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8946 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.8946 steel are iron alloys. They have 50% 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 1.8946 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
420
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
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
2.7
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
82
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.030
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0.25 to 1.4
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
94.8 to 99.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0 to 0.065
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0.050 to 0.16
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.12
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.14