EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4415 stainless steel and EN 1.4305 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4305 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 20 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 510 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 570 | |
| 420 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 930 | |
| 610 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 to 840 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1350 to 1790 | |
| 120 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 22 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 82.4 | |
| 66.4 to 74.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |