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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5503 Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and EN 1.5503 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5503 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
12 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
180 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340
270 to 320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
400 to 520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
270 to 430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
41 to 81
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
200 to 490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
14 to 19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
15 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
12 to 15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.16 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
98.4 to 99.239
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025