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EN 1.8527 Steel vs. EN 1.4841 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8527 steel and EN 1.4841 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 57% 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 1.4841 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 520
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
78
Shear Strength, MPa 550
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 41
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.0
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 66
190

Common Calculations

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

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.12
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 3.7 to 4.3
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 93.2 to 95.1
47.1 to 55.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.85 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
19 to 22
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
1.5 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015