EN 1.4419 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4419 stainless steel and EN 1.4959 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4419 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 680 | |
170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 950 | |
430 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1590 | |
630 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 1240 | |
190 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
510 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
1090 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1400 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1350 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
12 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
15 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.8 | |
1.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
2.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
31 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
5.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
76 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
200 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
21 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 170 | |
190 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 3920 | |
96 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 57 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 39 | |
20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
3.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 55 | |
15 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.25 to 0.65 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.42 | |
0.050 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 14.5 | |
19 to 22 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 82 to 86 | |
39.4 to 50.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
30 to 34 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 0.7 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.25 to 0.65 |