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EN 1.3566 Steel vs. EN 1.4511 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3566 steel and EN 1.4511 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3566 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4511 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 220
180
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 490 to 1380
510

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.5
11
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 52
120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 49
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 35
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 40
19

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.12 to 0.18
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0.9 to 1.2
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.8 to 98.4
78.9 to 84
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 1.0
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 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015