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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4945 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and EN 1.4945 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4945 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
19 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
230 to 350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340
430 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
640 to 740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
290 to 550

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
520
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1490
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
3.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
30
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
5.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
73
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
130 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
210 to 760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
22 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
15.5 to 17.5
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
57.9 to 65.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
15.5 to 17.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0.4 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0.060 to 0.14
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
2.5 to 3.5