EN 1.4823 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CE8MN Steel
Both EN 1.4823 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CE8MN steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4823 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CE8MN steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 | |
| 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 130 | |
| 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 80 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 | |
| 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 450 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 21 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 4.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 58 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 27 | |
| 40 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 25 to 28 | |
| 22.5 to 25.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.9 to 70.7 | |
| 56 to 66.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.0 to 6.0 | |
| 8.0 to 11 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |