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EN 1.8523 Steel vs. EN 1.4507 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8523 steel and EN 1.4507 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8523 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4507 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 15
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
410
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 36
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
80
Shear Strength, MPa 610
530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
840
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 480
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.2
21
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
4.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 6.4
41
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1700
850
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.0 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 93.5 to 95.7
56.4 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.1
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0