MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.3520 Steel vs. EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3520 steel and EN 1.3975 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3520 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 220
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 730
660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
340
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 26
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 23
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18 to 22
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.7
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 95.9 to 97.2
58.2 to 65.4
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.2
7.0 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 9.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.18
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.45 to 0.75
3.5 to 4.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030