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EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8870 Steel

Both EN 1.4527 stainless steel and EN 1.8870 steel are iron alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8870 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
310
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 67
67
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 32
2.8
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
18

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 37.4 to 48.5
95.1 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 27.5 to 30.5
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.050