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EN 1.5525 Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5525 steel and S44700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5525 steel and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 310
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 73
45
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
82
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 350
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 440 to 1440
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 490
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 44 to 240
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 640
480
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 51
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 42
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.18 to 0.23
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 97.7 to 98.9
64.9 to 68.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0 to 0.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 4.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020