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EN 1.5508 Steel vs. AISI 405 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5508 steel and AISI 405 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.5508 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 405 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 20
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 320
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 74
51
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Shear Strength, MPa 300 to 360
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420 to 1460
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 490
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 44 to 230
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 640
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 52
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 43
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
11.5 to 14.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.199
82.5 to 88.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030