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EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 445 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and AISI 445 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4971 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 445 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
78
Shear Strength, MPa 530
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 570
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
12
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.16
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 22.5
19 to 21
Cobalt (Co), % 18.5 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 24.3 to 37.1
74.9 to 80.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0 to 0.6
Niobium (Nb), % 0.75 to 1.3
0 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.012
Tungsten (W), % 2.0 to 3.0
0