EN 1.3532 Steel vs. EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3532 steel and EN 1.4307 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3532 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 220 | |
| 180 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 1420 | |
| 590 to 900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.9 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.1 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 60 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.0 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 50 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 42 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.14 to 0.18 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 17.5 to 19.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.6 to 94.8 | |
| 66.8 to 74.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.8 to 4.3 | |
| 8.0 to 10.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |