R05240 Alloy vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel
R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.4541 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 14 to 40 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 220 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 120 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 65.2 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 35 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |