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EN 1.4123 Stainless Steel vs. WE54A Magnesium

EN 1.4123 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while WE54A magnesium belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4123 stainless steel and the bottom bar is WE54A magnesium.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 250
85
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
44
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
17
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720 to 810
270 to 300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
330
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
640
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
960
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 23
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
25

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
10
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
47

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
34
Density, g/cm3 7.7
1.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.2
29
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 62
260
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
900

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
62
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 29
39 to 43
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 25
49 to 51
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.3
28
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 29
18 to 19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.030
Iron (Fe), % 76.7 to 84.6
0 to 0.010
Lithium (Li), % 0
0 to 0.2
Magnesium (Mg), % 0
88.7 to 93.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.030
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.0050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.010
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0
Unspecified Rare Earths, % 0
1.5 to 4.0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 1.5
0
Yttrium (Y), % 0
4.8 to 5.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0
0 to 0.2
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0.4 to 1.0
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.3