EN 1.1152 Steel vs. S44537 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1152 steel and S44537 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 EN 1.1152 steel and the bottom bar is S44537 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 160 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 22 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 300 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 340 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 400 to 550 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 440 | |
| 360 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 41 to 110 | |
| 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 530 | |
| 320 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 19 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 5.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.22 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.6 to 99.52 | |
| 69 to 78.6 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.2 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |