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EN 1.5501 Steel vs. EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5501 steel and EN 1.4859 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4859 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 150
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 270
140
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 510
490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 420
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
36
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
88
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
190

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 40 to 83
91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 460
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 18
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 15
11

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.13 to 0.16
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.269
40.3 to 49
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.5 to 1.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0.5 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030