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EN 1.8505 Steel vs. EN 1.4877 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8505 steel and EN 1.4877 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8505 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4877 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 320
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 13
36
Fatigue Strength, MPa 540
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 630
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1050
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 860
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.5
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.8
37
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 65
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.6
28
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1950
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 37
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 31
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0 to 0.025
Carbon (C), % 0.28 to 0.35
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 1.5 to 1.8
26 to 28
Iron (Fe), % 95.4 to 97.1
36.4 to 42.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.010