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EN 1.4529 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8881 Steel

Both EN 1.4529 stainless steel and EN 1.8881 steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4529 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8881 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 43
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310
460
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 520
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
710

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
9.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 33
3.7
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 84
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
54

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 45
2.0
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 260
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
1320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 42.7 to 50.4
91.9 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.7
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
0 to 2.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.15