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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
280 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
3.4 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
570 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 620
790 to 1090
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
1370 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
1240 to 1700

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
620
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
17
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
45 to 190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
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 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.8 to 1.4