EN 1.8153 Steel vs. S30530 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.8153 steel and S30530 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8153 steel and the bottom bar is S30530 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 570 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 2040 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 970 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 25 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 74 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 46 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 62 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 17 to 20.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.7 to 96.9 | |
| 58.4 to 72.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 11.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |