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ASTM Grade HL Steel vs. EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM grade HL steel and EN 1.4520 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM grade HL steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4520 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 27
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 65
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 48
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 180
120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 32
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 40.8 to 53.8
80.1 to 83.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 18 to 22
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.8