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EN 1.8523 Steel vs. N08700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8523 steel and N08700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 52% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.8523 steel and the bottom bar is N08700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 15
32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
79
Shear Strength, MPa 610
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 800
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 480
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

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
32
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
82
Embodied Water, L/kg 64
200

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 6.4
36
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1700
180
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
3.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.45
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 93.5 to 95.7
42 to 52.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.8 to 1.1
4.3 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 26
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0