EN 1.5520 Steel vs. AISI 201 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5520 steel and AISI 201 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.5520 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 120 to 170 | |
200 to 440 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
4.6 to 51 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 300 | |
280 to 600 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 340 | |
450 to 840 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
650 to 1450 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 480 | |
300 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
880 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1410 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
17 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
2.5 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
12 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
38 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 42 to 230 | |
61 to 340 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 600 | |
230 to 2970 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 50 | |
23 to 52 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
22 to 37 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 41 | |
14 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
16 to 18 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 98.9 | |
67.5 to 75 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
5.5 to 7.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 5.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.060 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.030 |