EN 1.5508 Steel vs. AISI 416 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5508 steel and AISI 416 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.5508 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 416 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 130 to 180 | |
230 to 320 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 20 | |
13 to 31 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
230 to 340 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
340 to 480 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 1460 | |
510 to 800 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 490 | |
290 to 600 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
680 |
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 | |
9.9 |
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 | |
98 to 140 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 640 | |
220 to 940 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 52 | |
18 to 29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
18 to 25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
8.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 43 | |
19 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
12 to 14 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.199 | |
83.2 to 87.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0 to 1.3 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |