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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1025 Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1025 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 SAE-AISI 1025 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
130 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
17 to 28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
190 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 340
290 to 310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
450 to 500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
250 to 420

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
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
6.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
80 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
170 to 470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
16 to 18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
17 to 18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.22 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
0
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
99.03 to 99.48
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
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 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050