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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0477 Steel

Both EN 1.4557 stainless steel and EN 1.0477 steel are iron alloys. They have 54% 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 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0477 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
130
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
2.2
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
90
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
96.9 to 99.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0.6 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.030
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.050