MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.8507 Steel vs. S41045 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8507 steel and S41045 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.8507 steel and the bottom bar is S41045 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 16
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 440
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Shear Strength, MPa 550
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 670
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
740
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
29
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.5
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 63
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
92
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1210
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 27
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
7.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.37
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.0 to 1.3
12 to 13
Iron (Fe), % 96.1 to 97.7
83.8 to 88
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030