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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8818 Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and EN 1.8818 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 1.8818 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340
280
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
270

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
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.015 to 0.034
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
95.9 to 99.985
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
0 to 0.13
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.35
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.017
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1