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EN 1.8527 Steel vs. EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8527 steel and EN 1.4640 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 1.4640 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
190 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 520
230 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 550
440 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
620 to 650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
240 to 260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
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
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 66
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
250 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1670
150 to 170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
22 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26
14 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.12
0.030 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 3.7 to 4.3
18 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
1.3 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 93.2 to 95.1
67.4 to 73.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.85 to 1.2
1.5 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 6.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.030 to 0.11
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015