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EN 1.3555 Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3555 steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3555 steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
200 to 460
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
1180 to 1890

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1500
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1450
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.3
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 11
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 81
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
23
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
32 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 85.4 to 87.7
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 4.5
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.2 to 3.6
6.5 to 7.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.15
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.3
0