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EN 1.4523 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7216 Steel

Both EN 1.4523 stainless steel and EN 1.7216 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4523 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7216 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17
12 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
290 to 440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 320
410 to 560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520
650 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
400 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 22
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77
110 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260
430 to 1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
23 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
21 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.8
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
19 to 27

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.27 to 0.34
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
0.8 to 1.2
Iron (Fe), % 75.7 to 80.2
97.2 to 98.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.35 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.035
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0