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EN 1.8523 Steel vs. EN 1.4422 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8523 steel and EN 1.4422 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the quenched and tempered condition. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.4422 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 15
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
380
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 36
110
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
76
Shear Strength, MPa 610
520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 480
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.2
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 6.4
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1700
1000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.2 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 93.5 to 95.7
76.8 to 83.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.1
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.0030
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0