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EN 1.4951 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8550 Steel

Both EN 1.4951 stainless steel and EN 1.8550 steel are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4951 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8550 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 38
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
470
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 98
34
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
3.4
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
67

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
2.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
1550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.080
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
1.5 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 49.1 to 57
94.4 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0.85 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035