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EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel vs. S38815 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4526 stainless steel and S38815 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 S38815 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 340
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330
290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
13 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 77.4 to 83.1
56.1 to 67
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.4
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
13 to 17
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.040
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
5.5 to 6.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020