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EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel

Both EN 1.4527 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 44% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4527 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5502 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 480
400 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
270 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 32
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
41 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 95
200 to 520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
14 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
15 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
12 to 40

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 3.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 37.4 to 48.5
98 to 99.249
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 27.5 to 30.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025