EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5410 Steel
Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.5410 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5410 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
170 to 190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
20 to 25 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 320 | |
290 to 330 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 94 | |
67 to 68 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
73 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
560 to 620 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
400 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
7.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
2.3 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
49 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
120 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 800 | |
430 to 610 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
20 to 22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
19 to 21 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.12 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
96.9 to 98.6 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
1.2 to 1.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
0.2 to 0.4 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.1 |