MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4530 Stainless Steel vs. EN-MC21110 Magnesium

EN 1.4530 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while EN-MC21110 magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN-MC21110 magnesium.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
46
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
18
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1030 to 1370
200 to 270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
350
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 790
130
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
600
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
500
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
990
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
1.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
23
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
160
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
990

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
69
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36 to 48
33 to 44
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29 to 35
45 to 54
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 35 to 47
12 to 16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.6 to 0.8
7.0 to 8.7
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.030
Iron (Fe), % 74.4 to 77.3
0 to 0.0050
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
89.6 to 92.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.35
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.9 to 2.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 9.5
0 to 0.0020
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.28 to 0.37
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0.35 to 1.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.010