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EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5535 Steel

Both EN 1.4655 stainless steel and EN 1.5535 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5535 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 25
11 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320
210 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 460
320 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720 to 730
450 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 480
300 to 500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 160
45 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 510 to 580
240 to 680
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
16 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
17 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
13 to 44

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 63.6 to 73.4
97.6 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.9 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants