EN 1.4905 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4615 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4905 stainless steel and EN 1.4615 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4905 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4615 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 | |
| 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 190 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 38 | |
| 91 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 | |
| 200 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 660 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.7 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.2 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 90 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 680 | |
| 99 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.090 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.5 to 9.5 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.2 to 88.8 | |
| 63.1 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 4.5 to 6.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.090 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.9 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |