EN 1.6579 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6579 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 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 290 | |
| 280 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 to 980 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 600 to 910 | |
| 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 | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.7 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 120 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.2 to 96.1 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |