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EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both EN 1.4501 stainless steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 1.4501 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 27
15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 430
530
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
36
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
74
Shear Strength, MPa 540
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
480
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
9.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
4.2
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 42
6.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 870
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
3.0 to 3.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.6 to 65.8
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0.8 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.035
Tungsten (W), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25