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EN 1.3558 Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3558 steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3558 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 210
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
1180 to 1890

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 490
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1810
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1760
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 410
480
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
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.4
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 90
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
23
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.3
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 0.8
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 73.7 to 77.6
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.6
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.5 to 7.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 17.5 to 19
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.3
0