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EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4563 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4501 stainless steel and EN 1.4563 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4563 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 27
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
210
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
91
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
80
Shear Strength, MPa 540
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
36
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
240

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 42
39
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.7 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 65.8
31.6 to 40.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
30 to 32
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 0.5 to 1.0
0