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EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8523 Steel

Both EN 1.4587 stainless steel and EN 1.8523 steel are iron alloys. They have 42% 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 1.4587 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8523 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
530
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 67
36
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
74
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
480
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
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
9.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
4.2
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.3
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 43
6.4
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
1700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.35 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
3.0 to 3.5
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 32.7 to 41.9
93.5 to 95.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0.8 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 28 to 30
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25