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EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel

Both EN 1.4477 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5502 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 23
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 420 to 490
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 550 to 580
280 to 330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 930
400 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620 to 730
270 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
41 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 940 to 1290
200 to 520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31 to 33
14 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 27
15 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 25
12 to 40

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 56.6 to 63.6
98 to 99.249
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.8 to 7.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants