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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7362 Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and EN 1.7362 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.4526 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7362 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
150 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
21 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
140 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 340
320 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
510 to 600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
200 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
510
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 30
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
8.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
9.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
4.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
69

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
6.9
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
90 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
100 to 340
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
18 to 21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
18 to 20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
14 to 17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
4.0 to 6.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
91.5 to 95.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
0.45 to 0.65
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.012
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050