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EN 1.5535 Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5535 steel and AISI 304L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.5535 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
160 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 22
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 320
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 320 to 370
370 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 1490
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 500
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 250
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 680
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 53
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 37
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 44
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.6 to 98.9
65 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants