MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4905 stainless steel and EN 1.4104 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 1.4905 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4104 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 19
11 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
230 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 460
400 to 450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
630 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
350 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 660
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 3.7
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 4.2
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
30
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
77 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 680
310 to 800
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
23 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
21 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.0
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25
22 to 27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Boron (B), % 0.00050 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.090 to 0.13
0.1 to 0.17
Chromium (Cr), % 8.5 to 9.5
15.5 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 86.2 to 88.8
78.8 to 84.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0.2 to 0.6
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 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0.15 to 0.35
Tungsten (W), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.18 to 0.25
0