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EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4876 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. Their average alloy composition is basically identical. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4876 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 33
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 370
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
510
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1090
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
31
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
5.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 94
96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0.25 to 0.65
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
19 to 22
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 38.6 to 50.7
39.4 to 50.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
30 to 34
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0.25 to 0.65