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EN 1.3558 Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3558 steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.3558 steel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
290 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
980 to 1730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1810
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1760
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 410
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 13
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 12
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 45
15
Density, g/cm3 9.3
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
21
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
35 to 61
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
28 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.3
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
33 to 58

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.9 to 1.4
Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 0.8
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
12.3 to 13.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 73.7 to 77.6
73.6 to 77.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.6
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 8.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0080
Tungsten (W), % 17.5 to 19
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.3
0