EN 1.5522 Steel vs. AISI 440C Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5522 steel and AISI 440C stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5522 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 440C stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
| 2.0 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 260 to 840 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 380 | |
| 430 to 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1490 | |
| 710 to 1970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 520 | |
| 450 to 1900 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 250 | |
| 39 to 88 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 53 | |
| 26 to 71 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 37 | |
| 23 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 44 | |
| 26 to 71 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.24 | |
| 1.0 to 1.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.9 | |
| 78 to 83.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| 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 0.015 |