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EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 329 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4520 stainless steel and AISI 329 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% 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 329 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 26
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 310
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 500
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
16
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
30
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
730
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.4
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
23 to 28
Iron (Fe), % 80.1 to 83.9
63.1 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.0 to 5.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
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