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EN 1.4931 Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4931 steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4931 steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
280 to 410
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17
6.8 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
330 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810
980 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
580 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.8
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 16
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
94 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 970
850 to 4400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
35 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
28 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
33 to 47

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.26
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 11.3 to 12.2
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.3 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 83.2 to 86.8
72.1 to 79.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 1.2
0.5 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
5.0 to 7.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.25 to 0.35
0