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EN 1.8523 Steel vs. S30600 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8523 steel and S30600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8523 steel and the bottom bar is S30600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 15
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
76
Shear Strength, MPa 610
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
350
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 480
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.2
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 6.4
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1700
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0 to 0.018
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
17 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 93.5 to 95.7
58.9 to 65.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.1
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
14 to 15.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
3.7 to 4.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0