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EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8901 Steel

Both EN 1.4530 stainless steel and EN 1.8901 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8901 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1370
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
51

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 48
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 35
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 47
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 0.015
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.22
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
0 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 74.4 to 77.3
95 to 99.05
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
1.0 to 1.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0 to 0.13
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 9.5
0 to 0.85
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.060
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.027
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.65
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.37
0 to 0.060
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.22