EN 1.5415 Steel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5415 steel and N08800 stainless 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 (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5415 steel and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 24 | |
4.5 to 34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
150 to 390 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
340 to 580 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 | |
500 to 1000 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 | |
190 to 830 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1390 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1360 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 49 | |
12 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
14 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
1.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
30 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.0 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
5.3 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
76 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
200 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
42 to 160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 | |
96 to 1740 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
18 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
18 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
3.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.6 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
19 to 23 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 99.23 | |
39.5 to 50.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.25 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
30 to 35 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.012 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.6 |