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EN 1.4305 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3523 Steel

Both EN 1.4305 stainless steel and EN 1.3523 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 1.4305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
160 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 610 to 900
520 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 930
420
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
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
53

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
19 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
18 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
15 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.1
0.17 to 0.22
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
1.0 to 1.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 66.4 to 74.9
96.5 to 97.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.1 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
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), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants