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EN 1.3520 Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3520 steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 1.3520 steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 220
280 to 410
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 730
980 to 1410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 43
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 54
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 26
35 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 23
28 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18 to 22
33 to 47

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
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
1.3 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 95.9 to 97.2
72.1 to 79.3
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.2
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
0.5 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.45 to 0.75
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030