EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel
Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 230 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 94 | |
| 30 to 45 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
| 780 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 550 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 820 | |
| 810 to 1650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
| 94.6 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |