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EN 1.4401 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4523 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4401 stainless steel and EN 1.4523 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4401 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4523 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 270
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 40
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 320
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
78
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 900
520
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 570
320

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
22
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 190
77
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 800
260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 26
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
5.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.040
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
17.5 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 62.8 to 71.5
75.7 to 80.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10 to 13
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0.15 to 0.35
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.8