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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 405 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and AISI 405 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 405 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Shear Strength, MPa 620
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
11.5 to 14.5
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
82.5 to 88.4
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030