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EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8509 Steel

Both EN 1.4749 stainless steel and EN 1.8509 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8509 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 16
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
580
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
1130
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
65

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
2.6
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
2340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
33

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0.38 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
1.5 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 68.5 to 73.7
95.5 to 97.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.35
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035