EN 1.6570 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6570 steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6570 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 340 | |
| 280 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 500 to 660 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 910 to 1130 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1060 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.9 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.5 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 140 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 40 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94 to 96.2 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.6 to 2.1 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |