EN 1.3553 Steel vs. N08031 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3553 steel and N08031 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 43% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3553 steel and the bottom bar is N08031 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 | |
| 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 540 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.5 | |
| 7.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 96 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 96 | |
| 240 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 31 | |
| 52 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.4 | |
| 3.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.78 to 0.86 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.9 to 4.3 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.7 to 83.7 | |
| 29 to 36.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.7 to 5.2 | |
| 6.0 to 7.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 32 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 6.0 to 6.7 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.7 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |