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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. Grade VDC Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and grade VDC steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 grade VDC steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
510
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
1700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
1.9
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

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
60
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.6 to 0.75
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.060
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
98.3 to 99.35
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 1.0
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 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0.15 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020