EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI S5 Steel
Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and SAE-AISI S5 steel are iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 680 to 1940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 42 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.1 | |
| 2.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 100 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 2.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 25 to 70 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 22 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 23 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 32.6 to 43.5 | |
| 93.6 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 36 to 39 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 1.2 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 1.8 to 2.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |