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EN 1.4547 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8620 Steel

Both EN 1.4547 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8620 steel are iron alloys. They have 56% 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 1.4547 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8620 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
150 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 39
13 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290
270 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 510
340 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
520 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
360 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 14
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 28
2.6
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 75
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
86 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290
340 to 880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
18 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.8
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
15 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 51 to 56.3
96.9 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 18.5
0.4 to 0.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.040