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EN 1.8550 Steel vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8550 steel and EN 1.4527 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 47% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.8550 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470
170
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 34
67
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
32
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
78
Embodied Water, L/kg 67
210

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.3
29
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1550
95
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.37
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 1.5 to 1.8
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 94.4 to 96.3
37.4 to 48.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.85 to 1.2
27.5 to 30.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030