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EN 1.8523 Steel vs. EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8523 steel and EN 1.4876 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, 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 1.4876 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 15
33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 610
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 480
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 4.2
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 6.4
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1700
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
19 to 23
Iron (Fe), % 93.5 to 95.7
38.6 to 50.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.1
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 34
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0