MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel

Both EN 1.4859 stainless steel and EN 1.5501 steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4859 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5501 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
120 to 150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
180 to 270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
390 to 510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
260 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 88
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91
40 to 83
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
190 to 460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
14 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
15 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
11 to 15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0.13 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 40.3 to 49
98.4 to 99.269
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025