EN 1.4419 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel
Both EN 1.4419 stainless steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 1.4419 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 680 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1590 | |
| 780 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 1240 | |
| 550 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.2 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 to 170 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 3920 | |
| 810 to 1650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 57 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 39 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 55 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.42 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 14.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82 to 86 | |
| 94.6 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |