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EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4520 stainless steel and EN 1.4821 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4520 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4821 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 26
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Shear Strength, MPa 310
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 500
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
500
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.4
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0.1 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
24.5 to 26.5
Iron (Fe), % 80.1 to 83.9
64.2 to 71.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.8 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0