EN 1.8201 Steel vs. EN 1.3542 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.8201 steel and EN 1.3542 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8201 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3542 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
220 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
76 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
720 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
770 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
1390 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 40 | |
29 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.8 | |
3.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
3.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
7.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
2.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
29 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
100 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 5.7 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
7.9 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
26 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.0060 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
0.6 to 0.7 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
12.5 to 14.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 93.6 to 96.2 | |
82.7 to 87.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.0050 to 0.060 | |
0 |
Tungsten (W), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
0 |