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EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4552 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and EN 1.4552 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the solution annealed (AT) condition. They have 62% 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 1.4971 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4552 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 570
490
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
19
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 280
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.16
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 22.5
18 to 20
Cobalt (Co), % 18.5 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 24.3 to 37.1
63.9 to 73
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
9.0 to 12
Niobium (Nb), % 0.75 to 1.3
0 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 2.0 to 3.0
0