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EN 1.3553 Steel vs. EN 1.4877 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3553 steel and EN 1.4877 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, 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 1.4877 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 10
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
37
Density, g/cm3 8.4
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 96
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
28
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.4
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.025
Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.86
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 3.9 to 4.3
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 80.7 to 83.7
36.4 to 42.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.7 to 5.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Tungsten (W), % 6.0 to 6.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.7 to 2.0
0