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EN 1.4581 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4563 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4581 stainless steel and EN 1.4563 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 69% 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 1.4581 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4563 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 28
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
210
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 45
91
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 490
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
36
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.2
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
240

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
39
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.7 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 61.4 to 71
31.6 to 40.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
30 to 32
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010