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EN 1.5515 Steel vs. AISI 416 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5515 steel and AISI 416 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.5515 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 416 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 170
230 to 320
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490 to 1760
510 to 800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
680
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
100

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 63
18 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 41
18 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 52
19 to 30

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.4
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.9
83.2 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0.15 to 0.35

Comparable Variants