MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.8527 Steel vs. EN 1.4595 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8527 steel and EN 1.4595 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.8527 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4595 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 520
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
76
Shear Strength, MPa 550
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
810
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
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
34
Embodied Water, L/kg 66
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1670
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.12
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 3.7 to 4.3
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 93.2 to 95.1
81.3 to 85.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.85 to 1.2
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015