EN 1.8152 Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.8152 steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8152 steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 540 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 2010 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 72 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 60 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.51 to 0.59 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96 to 97.2 | |
| 56.9 to 60.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 5.0 to 5.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.013 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |