EN 1.5525 Steel vs. Type 4 Magnetic Alloy
EN 1.5525 steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Type 4 magnetic alloy belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 28 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 1.5525 steel and the bottom bar is Type 4 magnetic alloy.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 21 | |
2.0 to 40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
220 to 400 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.31 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 350 | |
420 to 630 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 1440 | |
620 to 1100 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 490 | |
270 to 1040 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
900 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1370 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
440 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
3.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
60 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
8.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
10 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
140 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
210 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 44 to 240 | |
22 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 640 | |
190 to 2840 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
12 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
22 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 51 | |
19 to 35 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 36 | |
18 to 27 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 42 | |
21 to 37 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.23 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 98.9 | |
9.5 to 17.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 6.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
79 to 82 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.020 |