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EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4563 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4520 stainless steel and EN 1.4563 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 53% 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 1.4520 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4563 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 26
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 310
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 500
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.5
36
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
240

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
39
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 120
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.4
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.7 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 80.1 to 83.9
31.6 to 40.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 32
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0