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EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel vs. S32050 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4520 stainless steel and S32050 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 65% 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 S32050 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 26
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 310
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 500
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
31
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
81
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
210

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
48
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
290
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.4
3.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 80.1 to 83.9
43.1 to 51.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 6.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
20 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0.21 to 0.32
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0