EN 1.5520 Steel vs. S17700 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5520 steel and S17700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.5520 steel and the bottom bar is S17700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 120 to 170 | |
180 to 430 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
1.0 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 300 | |
290 to 560 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 340 | |
740 to 940 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
1180 to 1650 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 480 | |
430 to 1210 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
890 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
13 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 42 to 230 | |
15 to 210 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 600 | |
460 to 3750 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 50 | |
42 to 59 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
32 to 40 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
4.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 41 | |
39 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.75 to 1.5 |
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
16 to 18 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 98.9 | |
70.5 to 76.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
6.5 to 7.8 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.030 |