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EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8550 Steel

Both EN 1.4821 stainless steel and EN 1.8550 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4821 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8550 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 18
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 450
600
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.4
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
67

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
2.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 500
1550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
1.5 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 64.2 to 71.1
94.4 to 96.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0.85 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035