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Grade VDCrV Steel vs. EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDCrV steel and EN 1.4526 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDCrV steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 520
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1730
540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 61
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 51
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.62 to 0.72
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.8
77.4 to 83.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0