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EN 1.8527 Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8527 steel and AISI 304L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
160 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 520
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 550
370 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 66
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1670
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.12
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 3.7 to 4.3
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 93.2 to 95.1
65 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.85 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030