EN 1.5521 Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5521 steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.5521 steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 180 | |
| 280 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 330 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 59 to 72 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 360 | |
| 590 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 1390 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 490 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 230 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 to 630 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 49 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 35 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 41 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.9 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| 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 |