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EN 1.4560 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both EN 1.4560 stainless steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4560 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 50
15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
530
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 91
36
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 390
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
480
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
9.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
4.2
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
6.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 92
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.035
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 19
3.0 to 3.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 71
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 1.5 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 9.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25