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EN 1.8527 Steel vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8527 steel and AISI 201 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.8527 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
200 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
4.6 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 520
280 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 550
450 to 840
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
650 to 1450
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
300 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 66
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
61 to 340
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1670
230 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
23 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
22 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
14 to 32

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.12
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 3.7 to 4.3
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 93.2 to 95.1
67.5 to 75
Manganese (Mn), % 0.85 to 1.2
5.5 to 7.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030