EN 1.5508 Steel vs. S33228 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5508 steel and S33228 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 40% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5508 steel and the bottom bar is S33228 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 20 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 62 to 74 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 1460 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 to 490 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 230 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 640 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 52 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 43 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 99.199 | |
| 36.5 to 42.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |