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S32050 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel

Both S32050 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5502 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 540
280 to 330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
400 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 370
270 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.1
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 81
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 290
41 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 330
200 to 520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
14 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
15 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.3
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
12 to 40

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 43.1 to 51.8
98 to 99.249
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 6.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 20 to 23
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.21 to 0.32
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025