EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6523 Steel
Both EN 1.4587 stainless steel and EN 1.6523 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 40% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4587 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6523 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 510 to 1460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.3 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 18 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 15 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.17 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0.35 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 32.7 to 41.9 | |
| 96.6 to 98.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |