EN 1.4923 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4923 stainless steel and EN 1.4945 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4923 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 19 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 440 | |
| 230 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 590 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 640 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 780 | |
| 290 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
| 520 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 5.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 73 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 1580 | |
| 210 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.24 | |
| 0.040 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 87.1 | |
| 57.9 to 65.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.14 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |