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EN 1.4539 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5510 Steel

Both EN 1.4539 stainless steel and EN 1.5510 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% 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 1.4539 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5510 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
130 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 38
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220
220 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
310 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
450 to 1600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260
310 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 78
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
46 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
260 to 710
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
16 to 57
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
17 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.2
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
13 to 47

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.25 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.2 to 2.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 43.1 to 51.8
97.9 to 99.149
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 24 to 26
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.15
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.7
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025