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EN 1.8201 Steel vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8201 steel and EN 1.4527 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, 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 1.4527 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 20
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310
170
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 38
67
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 450
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1500
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
32
Density, g/cm3 8.0
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
78
Embodied Water, L/kg 59
210

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.7
29
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 530
95
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18
12

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 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 1.9 to 2.6
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 93.6 to 96.2
37.4 to 48.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.1 to 0.6
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.050 to 0.3
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
27.5 to 30.5
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 1.5
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