EN 1.4874 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3520 Steel
Both EN 1.4874 stainless steel and EN 1.3520 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 35% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 1.4874 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3520 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 | |
| 190 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 620 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1150 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 450 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 70 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 290 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 | |
| 18 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 18.5 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 23 to 38.9 | |
| 95.9 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 18 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0015 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |