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EN 1.4615 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 431 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4615 stainless steel and AISI 431 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 1.4615 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 431 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 50
15 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
430 to 610
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 360
550 to 840
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
890 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
710 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
16
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
140 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 99
1270 to 2770
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
32 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
27 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
7.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
28 to 43

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 63.1 to 72.5
78.2 to 83.8
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.8
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.0
1.3 to 2.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.020 to 0.060
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030