AISI 347 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5501 Steel
Both AISI 347 stainless steel and EN 1.5501 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 AISI 347 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5501 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 210 | |
| 120 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 46 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 180 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 270 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 690 | |
| 390 to 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 350 | |
| 260 to 420 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 220 | |
| 40 to 83 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 310 | |
| 190 to 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 11 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.13 to 0.16 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 64.1 to 74 | |
| 98.4 to 99.269 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |