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EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4529 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4876 stainless steel and EN 1.4529 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have a moderately high 90% 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 1.4529 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 33
43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 370
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
340

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
420
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
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 14
16

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
33
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.3
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
84
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
45
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 94
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.15 to 0.6
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 23
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 38.6 to 50.7
42.7 to 50.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 7.0
Nickel (Ni), % 30 to 34
24 to 26
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.6
0