EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5503 Steel
Both EN 1.4587 stainless steel and EN 1.5503 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4587 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5503 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 | |
| 120 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 540 | |
| 400 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 270 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 41 to 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 200 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 12 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.16 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 32.7 to 41.9 | |
| 98.4 to 99.239 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |