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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3515 Steel

Both EN 1.4557 stainless steel and EN 1.3515 steel are iron alloys. They have 54% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3515 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
150 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
500 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
2.1
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
18 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
18 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
15 to 43

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
0.4 to 0.75
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
97.3 to 99
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0.65 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030