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EN 1.8881 Steel vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8881 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 1.8881 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 16
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
170
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
67
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 710
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
32
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
78
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
210

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.0
29
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1320
95
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
12

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 1.5
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 91.9 to 100
37.4 to 48.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.7
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.7
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 2.5
27.5 to 30.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.060
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.050
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.12
0
Zirconium (Zr), % 0 to 0.15
0