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EN 1.4508 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8503 Steel

Both EN 1.4508 stainless steel and EN 1.8503 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4508 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8503 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
600
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
39
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
3.3
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 32
3.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 160
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
2200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.16 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 61.2 to 69.9
95.8 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 3.5
0.65 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35