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EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4905 stainless steel and EN 1.4855 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.4855 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 19
4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
610
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 660
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
34
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
5.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
85
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 680
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.0
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25
11

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Boron (B), % 0.00050 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.090 to 0.13
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 8.5 to 9.5
23 to 25
Iron (Fe), % 86.2 to 88.8
42.6 to 51.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.1 to 0.4
23 to 25
Niobium (Nb), % 0.060 to 0.1
0.8 to 1.8
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
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0.9 to 1.1
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.18 to 0.25
0