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EN 1.4821 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8201 Steel

Both EN 1.4821 stainless steel and EN 1.8201 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1.4821 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8201 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 18
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
310
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Shear Strength, MPa 450
390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
450
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1500
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.6
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
36
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
59

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 26
5.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 500
530
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.030
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.0060
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.2
0.040 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
1.9 to 2.6
Iron (Fe), % 64.2 to 71.1
93.6 to 96.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.1 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.050 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.020 to 0.080
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.0050 to 0.060
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3