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EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 309 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4520 stainless steel and AISI 309 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4520 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 309 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 26
34 to 47
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
250 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 310
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
600 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
260 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 500
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
200 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
170 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.4
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
22 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 80.1 to 83.9
58 to 66
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
12 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0