EN 1.6553 Steel vs. EN 1.4525 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6553 steel and EN 1.4525 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.6553 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4525 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 19 to 21 | |
| 5.6 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 460 | |
| 480 to 540 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 1030 to 1250 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 670 | |
| 840 to 1120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.6 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.7 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 150 | |
| 68 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1190 | |
| 1820 to 3230 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 36 to 45 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 29 to 33 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 10 | |
| 4.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 34 to 41 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.6 to 98.2 | |
| 70.4 to 79 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.4 to 0.8 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |