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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3553 steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3553 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
1690 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
16
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
60 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
40 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
58 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
71.5 to 75.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
1.8 to 2.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10.2 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0