EN 1.4005 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5410 Steel
Both EN 1.4005 stainless steel and EN 1.5410 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4005 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5410 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 21 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 290 | |
| 290 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 560 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 500 | |
| 400 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 110 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 650 | |
| 430 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.060 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.4 to 87.8 | |
| 96.9 to 98.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |