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EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8152 Steel

Both EN 1.4749 stainless steel and EN 1.8152 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8152 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200 to 540
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
660 to 2010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
25
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
24 to 72
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 46
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
20 to 60

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0.51 to 0.59
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0.5 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 68.5 to 73.7
96 to 97.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.2 to 1.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.2