EN 1.4590 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4521 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4590 stainless steel and EN 1.4521 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4590 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4521 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 26 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 | |
| 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 340 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 930 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 11 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17.5 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 79.7 to 83.7 | |
| 74.6 to 81.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.8 to 2.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.35 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.8 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |