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EN 1.4462 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8503 Steel

Both EN 1.4462 stainless steel and EN 1.8503 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1.4462 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8503 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 26
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
600
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
39
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 500
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 520
910

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1060
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
3.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
57

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
3.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 670
2200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
29

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.16 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 23
1.2 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 63.7 to 71.9
95.8 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0.65 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.25 to 0.35