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EN 1.5026 Steel vs. EN 1.4710 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5026 steel and EN 1.4710 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5026 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4710 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 480
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
74

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
6.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
7.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
5.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
1.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
24
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
76

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
6.5

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.52 to 0.6
0.2 to 0.35
Chromium (Cr), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Iron (Fe), % 96.5 to 97.3
87.4 to 92.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0.5 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 1.6 to 2.0
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030