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EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5520 Steel

Both EN 1.4587 stainless steel and EN 1.5520 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 39% 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 1.5520 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
120 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
210 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
300 to 480

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
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.8
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.0
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.3
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 87
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 230
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150
42 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
240 to 600
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
15 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
16 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
12 to 41

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 32.7 to 41.9
97.7 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.9 to 1.2
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