MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4558 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.4558 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4558 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 610
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
31
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
5.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
77
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
3.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
20 to 23
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
39.2 to 47.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
32 to 35
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.6