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EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3553 Steel

Both EN 1.4905 stainless steel and EN 1.3553 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4905 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 660
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1620
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
440
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.7
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 4.2
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
24
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
96

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
31
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.0
6.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Boron (B), % 0.00050 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.090 to 0.13
0.78 to 0.86
Chromium (Cr), % 8.5 to 9.5
3.9 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 86.2 to 88.8
80.7 to 83.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
4.7 to 5.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0.1 to 0.4
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.060 to 0.1
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.090
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0.9 to 1.1
6.0 to 6.7
Vanadium (V), % 0.18 to 0.25
1.7 to 2.0