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EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3532 Steel

Both EN 1.4303 stainless steel and EN 1.3532 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3532 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
700 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
9.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
60

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
2.0
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
25 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
22 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
21 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.14 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
1.0 to 1.4
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 64.8 to 72
92.6 to 94.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.25 to 0.55
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 11 to 13
3.8 to 4.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants