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EN 1.5501 Steel vs. S32050 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5501 steel and S32050 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 48% 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 S32050 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 150
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 270
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
81
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 310
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 510
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 420
370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
31
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
81
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 40 to 83
290
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 460
330
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 18
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 15
17

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.13 to 0.16
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.4
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.269
43.1 to 51.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
6.0 to 6.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
20 to 23
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.21 to 0.32
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020