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EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5026 Steel

Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and EN 1.5026 steel are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5026 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
200 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
660 to 1980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 42
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.1
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
46

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
24 to 71
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
20 to 60

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.52 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 32.6 to 43.5
96.5 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 36 to 39
0
Niobium (Nb), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
1.6 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025