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EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8201 Steel

Both EN 1.4855 stainless steel and EN 1.8201 steel are iron alloys. They have 50% 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 1.4855 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8201 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.6
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 34
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.9
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 85
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 25
5.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 19
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.7
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.030
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
1.9 to 2.6
Iron (Fe), % 42.6 to 51.9
93.6 to 96.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.1 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.050 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 23 to 25
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.8 to 1.8
0.020 to 0.080
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.0050 to 0.060
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3