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EN 1.8515 Steel vs. EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8515 steel and EN 1.3967 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8515 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 340
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 580
240
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 29
74
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1130
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 940
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
1070
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.5
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
66
Embodied Water, L/kg 60
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 4.4
36
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2310
310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 40
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 31
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.28 to 0.35
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 2.8 to 3.3
20 to 21.5
Iron (Fe), % 94.7 to 96.5
50.3 to 57.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.3 to 0.5
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
15 to 17
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.25
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.010