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EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1552 Steel

Both EN 1.4821 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1552 steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.4821 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1552 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
220 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 18
11 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
290 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 450
460 to 510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
760 to 840
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
460 to 650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
11
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
81 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 500
560 to 1130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
27 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
24 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
26 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0.47 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 64.2 to 71.1
97.9 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.2 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050