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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and EN 1.4477 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4477 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Elongation at Break, % 25
22 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
420 to 490
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 340
550 to 580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
880 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
620 to 730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
20
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
41
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
180 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
940 to 1290
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
31 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
26 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
23 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
56.6 to 63.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
1.5 to 2.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.8 to 7.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0.3 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015