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EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4945 stainless steel and EN 1.4855 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 19 to 34
4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 350
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640 to 740
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 550
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 520
610
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1490
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
34
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.0
5.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 73
85
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130 to 180
19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210 to 760
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 25
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
23 to 25
Iron (Fe), % 57.9 to 65.7
42.6 to 51.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 15.5 to 17.5
23 to 25
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0.8 to 1.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.060 to 0.14
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.5
0