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EN 1.8523 Steel vs. EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8523 steel and EN 1.3975 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8523 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 15
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
320

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
340
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 480
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.2
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 6.4
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1700
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 93.5 to 95.7
58.2 to 65.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
7.0 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.1
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 9.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.18
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
3.5 to 4.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0