EN 1.5535 Steel vs. R30556 Alloy
Both EN 1.5535 steel and R30556 alloy are iron alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5535 steel and the bottom bar is R30556 alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 22 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1490 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 500 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 1.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 130 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 300 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 250 | |
| 290 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 680 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 53 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 37 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 2.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 44 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 98.9 | |
| 20.4 to 38.2 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0.0050 to 0.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0.5 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.3 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.1 |