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EN 1.5515 Steel vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5515 steel and EN 1.4415 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5515 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490 to 1760
830 to 930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 48
19
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 63
29 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 41
25 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
5.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 52
30 to 34

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.4
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
11.5 to 13.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.9
75.9 to 82.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.5 to 6.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5

Comparable Variants