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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and EN 1.4310 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
14 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
240 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340
510 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
730 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
260 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
18

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
14
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
110 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
170 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
26 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
23 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15 to 18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.050 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
16 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
66.4 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
0 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015