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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and EN 1.4571 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 1.4571 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
200 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 340
410 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
230 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
130 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
61.7 to 71
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
2.0 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7