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EN 1.5501 Steel vs. AISI 317 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5501 steel and AISI 317 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% 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 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 317 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 150
170 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
35 to 55
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 270
250 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 310
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 510
580 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 420
250 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
590
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
21
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
59
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 40 to 83
210 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 460
150 to 430
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 18
20 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 15
12 to 15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.13 to 0.16
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.269
58 to 68
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants