EN 1.4404 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4005 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4404 stainless steel and EN 1.4005 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4404 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4005 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 43 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 320 | |
| 240 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 550 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 630 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 570 | |
| 370 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 26 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 210 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 800 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.060 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 71.5 | |
| 82.4 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |