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EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4876 stainless steel and EN 1.4501 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4876 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 33
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 370
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1350
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
22
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
42
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 94
870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 38.6 to 50.7
57.6 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 1.0