EN 1.1191 Steel vs. EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1191 steel and EN 1.4655 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 EN 1.1191 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
23 to 25 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 290 | |
320 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.27 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
78 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 430 | |
460 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 700 | |
720 to 730 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 440 | |
450 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
1050 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
2.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
41 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
160 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
150 to 160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 510 | |
510 to 580 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 22 | |
20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
22 to 24 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 3.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 99.08 | |
63.6 to 73.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0.1 to 0.6 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
3.5 to 5.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.2 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.015 |