EN 1.5508 Steel vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5508 steel and AISI 410 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.5508 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 180 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 20 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 62 to 74 | |
| 47 to 48 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 330 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 1460 | |
| 520 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 490 | |
| 290 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 710 |
| 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 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 230 | |
| 97 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 640 | |
| 210 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 52 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 43 | |
| 18 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.199 | |
| 83.5 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| 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 |