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EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8823 Steel

Both EN 1.4501 stainless steel and EN 1.8823 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8823 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
270
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
48
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 540
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870
360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.034
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 65.8
95.6 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.13
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.55
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.017
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Tungsten (W), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12