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EN 1.8522 Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8522 steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8522 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 380
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 1250
750

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.2
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 63
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 6.2
23
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 44
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 33
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 36
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.29 to 0.36
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 2.8 to 3.3
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 93.7 to 96
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.7 to 1.2
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0