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EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both EN 1.4849 stainless steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have 43% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, 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 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 4.5
15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 120
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 320
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1020
480
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 42
4.2
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.1
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
6.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 18
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.5
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 21
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 32.6 to 43.5
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.8 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 36 to 39
0
Niobium (Nb), % 1.2 to 1.8
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25