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EN 1.4825 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5521 Steel

Both EN 1.4825 stainless steel and EN 1.5521 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4825 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5521 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
130 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
210 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
430 to 1390
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
300 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 72
44 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170
250 to 630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
15 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
16 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
13 to 41

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.35
0.16 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 65.6 to 74.4
98 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.9 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025