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EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5408 Steel

Both EN 1.4945 stainless steel and EN 1.5408 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1.4945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5408 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
140 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640 to 740
460 to 1620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1490
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.2
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
2.0
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 73
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 25
16 to 57
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 22
17 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
13 to 48

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0.28 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 15.5 to 17.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 57.9 to 65.7
97.7 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.8 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.080 to 0.12
Nickel (Ni), % 15.5 to 17.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.060 to 0.14
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Tungsten (W), % 2.5 to 3.5
0