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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. S40920 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and S40920 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 S40920 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 610
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
78
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
97
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
10.5 to 11.7
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
85.1 to 89.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.5