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S40920 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel

Both S40920 stainless steel and EN 1.4855 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% 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 S40920 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
320
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
610
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
34
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
5.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
85
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 78
19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 97
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.9
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
23 to 25
Iron (Fe), % 85.1 to 89.4
42.6 to 51.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
23 to 25
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.1
0.8 to 1.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.5
0