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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4526 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4557 stainless steel and EN 1.4526 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4526 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
13
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 45
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
77.4 to 83.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0.8 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015