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EN 1.5024 Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both EN 1.5024 steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5024 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 470
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 1930
1000

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
480
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
9.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
4.2
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
64

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 69
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 45
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 58
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.5
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 0
3.0 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 96.7 to 97.6
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 1.5 to 2.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25