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EN 1.8527 Steel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8527 steel and EN 1.4541 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 (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 EN 1.4541 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 520
190 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 550
410 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

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
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 66
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1670
120 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.12
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 3.7 to 4.3
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 93.2 to 95.1
65.2 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.85 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 12
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7