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EN 1.3559 Steel vs. EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3559 steel and EN 1.4527 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 45% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 1.3559 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4527 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 180
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500 to 1420
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.2
32
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
5.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
78
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
210

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 50
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 36
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 42
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.17 to 0.23
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0.6 to 1.0
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
3.0 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 97.2 to 98.8
37.4 to 48.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
27.5 to 30.5
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030