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EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel

Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 230
210 to 240
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45 to 51
19 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 340
330 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 750
710 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 340
470 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.7
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 310
130 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 300
600 to 1190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
23 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
21 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0.4 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74.4
95.6 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 6.0 to 8.0
0.6 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0.4 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants