EN 1.5508 Steel vs. EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5508 steel and EN 1.4913 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 EN 1.4913 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 20 | |
14 to 22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
320 to 480 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
75 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
550 to 590 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 1460 | |
870 to 980 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 490 | |
480 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
700 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
24 |
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 | |
9.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
41 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
97 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 230 | |
130 to 160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 640 | |
600 to 1860 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 52 | |
31 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
26 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
6.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 43 | |
31 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 to 0.0015 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
0.17 to 0.23 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
10 to 11.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.199 | |
84.5 to 88.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0.4 to 0.9 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 0.8 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0.2 to 0.6 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0.25 to 0.55 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.3 |